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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.6491 of 2024 ------ Sushma Devi, wife of Kunjan Kumar Singh, R/o 229, Purnanand Colony, Kamre Ashram, Kamre, PO Kamre, PS Ratu, District Ranchi … … Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opposite Party(s) ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Rajan Sahay, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Nawin Kr. Singh, A.P.P. ----- 03/ 12.06.2025 Heard the parties.
2. This anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, has been preferred by the petitioner apprehending her arrest for offences registered under Sections 274, 275, 292, 318(4) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 47(a) of Excise Act.
3. The petitioner is a married lady and she is a house wife but the commercial vehicle is registered in her name.
4. The allegation is that in commercial vehicle which is registered in the name of this petitioner 2460 bottles of Indian made foreign liquor was being transported.
5. Learned A.P.P. representing the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the fact that the petitioner is a married lady and house wife and also the fact which is also admitted by the informant that the petitioner has appeared before the investigating officer and recorded her statement and deposited documents, this Court finds it a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
7. Accordingly, this Anticipatory Bail Application stands allowed. The petitioner, above named, is directed to surrender before the learned court below within four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order and on the event of her
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surrender or arrest, she shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned J.M., Ranchi, in connection with Chanho P.S. Case No.113 of 2024, subject to the condition that one of the bailers should be a close relative of the petitioner and other should be a resident of State of Jharkhand, having sufficient landed property in his name or in the name of his ancestors in which he is having share and to that effect, he has to file an affidavit before the Trial Court indicating his share in the property.
(ANANDA SEN, J.) Tanuj/Cp-3