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Kalawati Devi v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC1 Mar 2024CR. MISC./11136/2024

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Woman apprehending arrest over alleged recovery of liquor from her house sought anticipatory bail; court noted her clean antecedents and granted bail subject to surrender within six weeks and CrPC s.438(2) conditions.

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Anticipatory bail: release on furnishing bonds of Rs.500 with two sureties of like amount upon arrest or surrender within six weeks, subject to s.438(2) CrPC conditions.

Kalawati Devi Vs The State of Bihar — Narcotics (NDPS) | Patna HC (2024)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11136 of 2024

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-746 Year-2023 Thana- MAKHDUMPUR District- Jehanabad

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Kalawati Devi Wife of Indradeo Das Resident of Village - Kansara, P.S.Makhdumpur, District- Jehanabad

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shivendra Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Dr. (Mr.) Kumar Uday Pratap, A.P.P. ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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2 01-03-2024

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and

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learned A.P.P. for the State.

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The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman.

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Allegation is of recovery of 14 litres of liquor from the house of the petitioner.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from her conscious possession. It is further submitted that after amendment in the Excise Act in the year 2018, the concept of deemed possession and presumed offender has been done away with. It is next submitted that the house in question

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11136 of 2024(2) dt.01-03-2024 2/2

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is a joint family property as such it cannot be alleged with certainty that it was the petitioner who had kept the liquor in the house or the liquor kept in the house was within her knowledge and she came to be implicated based on the secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone.

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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.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) 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 Makhdumpur P.S. Case No. 746 of 2023, 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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Kundan/-

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