Lalti Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; Bihar excise offence; section 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022; Section 482(2) BNSS conditions; 420 litres illicit liquor recovered from two tempos; tempo let out on rent; recovery not from constructive possession of owner; driver apprehended and in judicial custody; clean/no criminal antecedent; Parsa Bazar P.S. Case No. 410 of 2025; informant Navin Kumar; FIR dated 28.09.2025; Special Judge-Excise-II Patna; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; CR. MISC. No.88541 of 2025; Patna High Court; Justice Ajit Kumar; order dated 22-12-2025.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks of receipt of the order, on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge-Excise-II, Patna, in connection with the aforesaid PS Case, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS and additional conditions (bona fide family-member/relative bailor with official document; appearance on every Trial Court date with cancellation of bail bond after two consecutive unexplained absences; no inducement, promise or threat to witnesses or tampering with evidence; desistance from committing further criminal offences).