Patna High Court
CR. MISC./55083/2026 of Munni Khatoon Vs The State of Bihar on 7 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55083 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-141 Year-2024 Thana- BELHAR District- Banka ====================================================== Munni Khatoon W/o Md Karim R/o vill - Gorganwa, P.O.- Dumariya, P.S.- Belhar, Distt.- Banka ... ...
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55083 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-141 Year-2024 Thana- BELHAR District- Banka ======================================================
Munni Khatoon W/o Md Karim R/o vill - Gorganwa, P.O.- Dumariya, P.S.- Belhar, Distt.- Banka
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Shubhesh Pandey, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Rabindra Kumar, A.P.P.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
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ORAL ORDER
07-08-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Rabindra Kumar, learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of seven cases out of which two cases are under the Excise Act and is in custody since 26.05.2026 and allegation is of recovery of 300 litres of liquor from the house and near the house of Mithun Seikh out of which 75 litres of liquor is alleged to have been recovered from the house of the petitioner.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the house in question is a joint family property, as such, it cannot be alleged with certainty that it was the petitioner who had kept the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55083 of 2026(2) dt.07-08-2026
liquor in the house or the liquor kept in the house was within her knowledge and after amendment in the Excise Act in the year 2018, the concept of deemed possession and presumed offender has been done away with. It is further submitted that petitioner came to be implicated at the instance of the Chawkidar with whom she is on an inimical term. It is next submitted that if the Chawkidar was aware of the involvement of the petitioner in the occurrence then why he did not inform the police prior to the institution of the instant FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court where the case is pending in connection with Belhar P.S. Case No. 141 of 2024.
Kundan/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T