Priyanka Kumari v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted by Patna High Court, Justice Anjani Kumar Sharan, order dated 16-12-2024, CR. MISC. No.84259 of 2024, arising out of Darbhanga Sadar P.S. Case No.284 of 2024, District Darbhanga, offence under Section 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022; 135 litres IMFL recovered from auto-rickshaw, driver absconded; petitioner Priyanka Kumari, vehicle owner, pleaded innocence, false implication, no conscious possession, no criminal antecedent; bail bond Rs.25,000 with two sureties; conditions under Section 482(2) BNSS 2023; deposit of Rs.5,000 to Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna (Central Bank of India, Chitkohra Branch); counsel: Manish Chandra Gandhi for petitioner, Akbar Ali APP for State.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released on bail upon arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within six weeks, on a bail bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 482(2) of BNSS, 2023 conditions, a close-relative bailor affidavit with genealogy and intimation undertakings, and deposit of Rs.5,000 to Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna.