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Rita Devi @ Ritika Devi v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC25 Nov 2022CR. MISC./31406/2022

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The High Court Patna granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner, a woman accused in an excise-related FIR, subject to surrender within six weeks, furnishing a bond, and complying with relevant conditions if arrested or incurring into the case.

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Petitioner granted anticipatory bail directed to surrender before appropriate court within six weeks and be released on bail bonds of Rs. 1,000 with two sureties of like amount.

Rita Devi @ Ritika Devi Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2022)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31406 of 2022

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-181 Year-2022 Thana- SITAMARHI District- Sitamarhi

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RITA DEVI @ RITIKA DEVI W/o Bharat Rai Resident of VillageBariyarpur, Ward No.3, P.S. and District- Sitamarhi.

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Devendra Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rabindra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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3 25-11-2022

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

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A.P.P. for the State through virtual Court proceedings.

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The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a woman having clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 213.9 litres liquor from Sanjay Rai, Kallu Rai and petitioner’s sareh (forest area).

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from her conscious possession, it is next submitted that sareh is a place which is accessible to public at large and she came to be implicated at the instance of local

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31406 of 2022(3) dt.25-11-2022 2/2

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chowkidar with whom her husband is on an inimical term.

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Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

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Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Sitamarhi P.S. Case No. 181 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

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(Satyavrat Verma, J)

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Rishi/-

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Rita Devi @ Ritika Devi v. The State of Bihar

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