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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6461 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-696 Year-2024 Thana- RAFIGANJ District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Shanti Devi @ Shanti Kunwar S/O Late Bhukhan Chaudhary R/O Vill.- Mohanpur, P.S- Rafiganj, Dist.- Aurangabad, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Lalbahadur Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Satyendra Narayan Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-03-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, 300 liters rotten mahua and 16 liters illicit liquor was recovered from the house of petitioner.
4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner and she is no way connected with the aforesaid recovery. Petitioner is lady and claims clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State submits that huge quantity of illicit liquor was recovered from the house of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6461 of 2025(2) dt.03-03-2025 2/2 petitioner. He further submits that this application for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is not maintainable in view of Full Bench decision of this Court rendered in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. The State of Bihar reported in 2019(2) P.L.J.R. 1089 (F.B.).
6. Considering the aforesaid facts, anticipatory bail application of the petitioner is rejected.
Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T