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Kumkum Devi v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC20 Jan 2023CR. MISC./2061/2023

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The High Court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner apprehending arrest in a Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act case involving liquor recovery. Bail was offered cashless via PM Cares Fund with conditions.

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Bail enlarged upon payment of Rs.1,00,000/- to PM Cares Fund, furnishing a bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties, and adhering to specified conditions.

Kumkum Devi Vs The State of Bihar — Bail and Remand | Patna HC (2023)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2061 of 2023

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-315 Year-2022 Thana- KHAGARIA District- Khagaria

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KUMKUM DEVI W/o Vikash Kumar Sharma @ Bikash Kumar Sharma R/o Village- Dhushmuri, Bishanpur, P.S.- Muffasil, Distt- Khagaria.

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar Bihar

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... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Sandip Kumar Gautam For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Upendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER

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2 20-01-2023

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

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APP 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 Prohibition and Excise Act.

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5139 litres of foreign liquor has been recovered from different vehicles. It is alleged that petitioner is the owner of one of the vehicle from which 1098 litres of foreign liquor has been recovered.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail application. It is further submitted that there is no recovery from

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2061 of 2023(2) dt.20-01-2023 2/3

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the conscious possession of the petitioner.

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Petitioner is agree to deposit a sum of Rs. 1,00,000/-

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(rupees one lakh) in the P.M. Cares Fund, bearing Account No.2121PM20202, IFSC Code: SBIN 0000691, SWIFT Code: SBININBB104, State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch, UPI ID: pmcares@sbi.

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Taking into consideration the fact that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner, let petitioner, above named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge-I, Khagaria in connection with Khagaria (Muffasil) P.S. Case No.315 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as subject to the further conditions that:

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(i) One of the bailors will be her own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or her husband.

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(ii) The petitioner shall not indulge herself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial.

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The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2061 of 2023(2) dt.20-01-2023 3/3

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the learned court below on showing receipt of deposit of the aforesaid amount in the PM Cares Fund.

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(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J)

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S.KUMAR/-

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Kumkum Devi v. The State of Bihar

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