Patna High Court
CR. MISC./50904/2026 of Soni Devi Vs The State of Bihar on 24 July 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50904 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-358 Year-2025 Thana- DORIGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== Soni Devi W/o Chhatu Nut R/o Village - Musepur Nut Toli, P.S - Doriganj, District - Saran ... ...
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50904 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-358 Year-2025 Thana- DORIGANJ District- Saran ======================================================
Soni Devi W/o Chhatu Nut R/o Village - Musepur Nut Toli, P.S - Doriganj, District - Saran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Hemant Kumar, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
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ORAL ORDER
24-07-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and 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 Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of three cases under the Excise Act and is a woman and is in custody since 20.06.2026 and allegation is of recovery of 102 litres of liquor from a place near a pond along with 100 litres of semi fermented liquor. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from her conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner and is accessible to villagers at large and she came to Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50904 of 2026(2) dt.24-07-2026
be implicated at the instance of local person but then it is submitted that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to excise, the police starts implicating mechanically either through chowkidar, local person, confessional statement or secret information without holding a proper investigation. It is next submitted that petitioner in similar manner earlier also came to be implicated in cases relating to excise.
4. Learned A.P.P. opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5000/- (Rupees five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Doriganj P.S. Case No.358 of 2025.
amit/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T