Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.1979 of 2025, decided 21-02-2025 by Prabhat Kumar Singh, J: regular bail granted to Kumkum Kumari (D/o Sanjay Chaudhary) in Alamganj P.S. Case No. 980 of 2024, Patna, for offence under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise (Amendment) Act 2022, following alleged recovery of 120 litres of country-made liquor at Hanuman Ghat; petitioner in custody since 20.12.2024 and chargesheet filed; counsel argued recovery was not from her conscious possession and implication rested only on suspicion; bail allowed on bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each before the Special Judge (Excise), Patna.
What did the court decide?
Release of the petitioner on bail on furnishing a bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge Excise, Patna, in connection with Alamganj P.S. Case No. 980 of 2024.