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2026 DAILYLAW 1629 (PAT)

Krishna Devi v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./17851/2026 · 2026-03-24

Ashok Kumar Pandey

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17851 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-479 Year-2025 Thana- RAJAPAKAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Krishna Devi W/O Ramesh Chaudhary R/O Village- Kansara, P.S- Rajapakar (Baranti O.P.), Distt.- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Alok Kumar Alok, Advocate For the State : Ms. Gulnar Begum, APP For the Informant : Mr. Vishwa Ranjan Coudhary, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 24-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Rajapakar (Baranti) P.S. Case No.479 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 109, 351, 352(2), 103(1) & 3(5) of the B.N.S. 3. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that the petitioner along with others started abusing the brother-in-law of the informant, namely, Lotan Choudhary (deceased). It is further submitted that Ramesh Choudhary assaulted with a sharp cutting hasuli on the neck of the deceased which hit on the face and ear. After that, the deceased attempted to run away. Then Krishna Devi (petitioner) assaulted with lathi on his leg due to Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17851 of 2026(2) dt.24-03-2026 2/3 which he fell down and after that other accused persons have badly assaulted due to which the deceased succumbed to the injuries. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that from perusal of the FIR it is clear that only allegation against the petitioner is that she was the member of the mob and that she has only assaulted with lathi, that too on the leg of the deceased. At most the injuries which are alleged to be caused by the petitioner are of simple in nature. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that there is allegation of assaulting with sharp cutting weapon on other accused persons and due to which the deceased died. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is a lady having no criminal antecedent and she is in judicial custody since 20.12.2025. 5. The application for bail is jointly opposed by learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the Informant and learned counsel for the informant has submitted that from perusal of the FIR it is clear that it is the petitioner who has assaulted the deceased on leg with lathi due to which he fell down and thereupon all the accused persons got opportunity to assault him badly due to which he died. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17851 of 2026(2) dt.24-03-2026 3/3 6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the court of learned C.J.M., Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Rajapakar P.S. Case No.479 of 2025. durgesh/- (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) U T