Patna High Court
Geeta DeviversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- ALLOWED
- Bench
- SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA
Holding
The Court granted bail to the petitioner subject to a bond of Rs.10,000 and two sureties, with conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Summary
Geeta Devi sought bail after a case was registered against her under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act for the alleged recovery of 10 litres of illicit liquor from an animal feeding room outside her house. She contended that the liquor was not in her conscious possession, she had no criminal antecedent, and she was falsely implicated. The State opposed the bail application. The Court considered the facts, the clean antecedent of the petitioner, and the circumstances of the recovery, and ordered that she be released on bail if arrested or surrendered within six weeks, upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties of the same amount, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The order was pronounced by Justice Sunil Dutta Mishra.
Issues considered
- Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act given the alleged recovery of illicit liquor from a location outside her residence.
Legislation cited
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- bail
- prohibition law
- excise
- illicit liquor
- Section 30(a)
- Section 482(2)
- Bihar
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26064 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-30 Year-2026 Thana- SIKRAUL District- Buxar
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Geeta Devi W/O Godhan Bin, Resident of Village- Tatarahar, P.s.- Sikraul,
Dist.- Buxar.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arun Kumar Gupta, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Meena Singh, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA
ORAL ORDER
2 22-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and
learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case
registered under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise
Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, 10 litres illicit
liquor was recovered from animal feeding room (kutti room) of
petitioner.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely
been implicated in the present case. Further submission is that
the recovery is made from animal feeding room situated outside
the house which is an open place. Petitioner has no concern with
the seized liquor. Nothing has been recovered from the
conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner is a lady
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having no criminal antecedent and she undertakes to cooperate
in the investigation and trial.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the prayer for
bail.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances
of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and
clean antecedent of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner
be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the
Court concerned within a period of six weeks from today, on
furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand) with
two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of
learned Exclusive Special Judge, Excise Court No. 2, Buxar, in
connection with Sikraul P.S. Case No. 30 of 2026, subject to the
conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya
Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J)
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