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2026 DAILYLAW 10236 (PAT)

Rehana Khatoon v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./29896/2026 · 2026-05-06

Alok Kumar Sinha

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29896 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-7 Year-2026 Thana- TEYAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Rehana Khatoon W/o- Tahir Khan @ Farid khan R/v- Uterdahan Ps- Tiyar Dist- Bhojpur, A/P- Bisen Tola Jagdishpur Ps- Jagdishpur Dist- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Ms. Lovely Kumari, Adv Ms. Ayushi Choudhary, Adv For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Madan Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 2 06-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with Tiyar P.S. Case No. 07 of 2026, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 103, 3(5) of B.N.S. 3. The case of the prosecution, in short, as per the informant is that on 06.02.2026 at about 06:00 pm while the informant's husband was praying at Mahavir Asthan, in the meantime, Dhudhalil Mahto and Yogendra Mahto came there and started abusing and assaulting the informant's husband. On halla, informant went there and pacify the matter with the help of neighbour. She further alleged that on 07.02.2026 at about 10:00 O'clock while the informant was returning from natures Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29896 of 2026(2) dt.06-05-2026 2/3 call and going to her house then Rehana Khatoon. Dhudhali Mahto, Mukesh Kumar, Mira Devi started assaulting the informant with lathi and danda. On halla, informant's husband came there to save her then Yogendra Mahto. Suraj Kumar, Dhudhali Mahto, Mukesh Kumar, Mira Devi and Saraswati Kumari started assaulting the informant's husband with lathi and danda and killed the informant's husband. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has not committed any offence. She further submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to previous enmity. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged occurrence or with the other accused persons. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer of anticipatory bail. 6. The only allegation against the petitioner is that she gave a call to the co-accused person to assault the informant. The petitioner is a lady with three minor children and having no criminal antecedent. Considering all these aspects of the matter, this Court is inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 7. Let the petitioner, named above, in the event of her Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29896 of 2026(2) dt.06-05-2026 3/3 arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks from today, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.-VII, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Tiyar P.S. Case No. 07 of 2026, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and subject to the further condition that:- (i) the petitioner shall co-operate in the investigation/trial. (ii) the learned Court would, however, verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the Court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, it is expected that the verification process would be done expeditiously without causing any delay. kiran/- (Alok Kumar Sinha, J) U