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2026 DAILYLAW 26610 (PAT)

Sarita Devi v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./44469/2026 · 2026-07-23

Satyavrat Verma

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44469 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-56 Year-2026 Thana- BACHHWARA District- Begusarai ====================================================== 1. Sarita Devi W/o Paltan Pandit R/o Village - Rashidpur, Ward no. 7, Police Station - Bachhwara, District - Begusarai 2. Sintu Kumar S/o Paltan Pandit R/o Village - Rashidpur, Ward no. 7, Police Station - Bachhwara, District - Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sunil Prasad For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anil Kumar Singh No. 1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 23-07-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioners seek bail in anticipation of their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 109, 351(3), 351(2), 352, 303(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and petitioner no.1 is a woman and petitioner no.2 is a young boy aged about 19 years and the informant alleges that on 21.02.2026 at 12.00 Noon, eleven named accused persons including the petitioners came and started construction on his Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44469 of 2026(2) dt.23-07-2026 2/4 land. On objection, Jhingur Pandit gave orders to kill, hence Pawan with rod and Rakesh with khanti assaulted the informant causing injury on head. Further, Sintu Kumar (petitioner no.2) with lathi and Abhishek with Kudal assaulted his mother and brother causing injury on hand while Sarita Devi (petitioner no.1) assaulted Ram Dulari by rod repeatedly causing injury on hand. Further, Lalita and Pintu snatched chain of his mother and informant respectively. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that step-brother of the informant namely, Pawan, who is also an accused in the instant FIR had sold land to Paltan Pandit, which was being objected by the informant, as such, an altercation took place in which both sides assaulted each other. It is next submitted that no doubt, petitioner no.1 is alleged to have assaulted Ram Dulari by rod causing grievous injury on hand, but then, it is submitted that petitioner no.1 has been implicated only with an intent to coerce the male members of the family into submission. It is also submitted that petitioner no.2 is alleged to have assaulted by lathi, the mother of the informant, but then, the injury has been opined to be simple in nature as Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44469 of 2026(2) dt.23-07-2026 3/4 would manifest from Annexure-2 series to the anticipatory bail application. It is also submitted that if in the nature of allegation as alleged in the FIR, the petitioner no.2 is sent to judicial custody, his entire career would get jeopardized and chances are bright that he may come in contact with hardened criminals. 5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application. 6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners and also taking into consideration the fact that petitioner no.1 is a woman and petitioner no.2 is a young boy aged about 19 years, the petitioners, above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, are directed to be released on anticipatory bail on their furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each 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 Bachhwara P. S. Case No.56 of 2026, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. with a further condition that one of the bailors of the petitioner no.2 shall be his maternal grandfather namely, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44469 of 2026(2) dt.23-07-2026 4/4 Surendra Pandit 7. The application stands allowed. vikash/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T