IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26877 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-691 Year-2025 Thana- KATEYA District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Sunita Devi Wife of Dhananjay Gupta Resident of Village- Bhage patti khurd PS- Kateya District- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pankaj Kumar Dubey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Abhay Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 2 22-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Kateya P.S. Case No. 691 of 2025 lodged on 16.12.2025, for the offence punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 352, 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. As per the prosecution, FIR has been lodged against four named accused persons including the present petitioner. It has been alleged in the FIR that goat of the accused persons entered in the house of the informant and ate the food. When the informant objected the same, then the accused persons came with lathi, danda and knife, assaulted the informant and when the informant’s husband came to rescue her, then he was also assaulted by the accused persons. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26877 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 2/3 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Counsel submits that the petitioner is a female aged about 46 years. He submits that the entire family members of the petitioner has been made accused in this case on false allegation. Counsel submits that both parties are pattidar as mentioned in the FIR itself. He further submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent and on petty issue, the scuffling took place. 5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner but fairly submits that the petitioner is a female and on petty issue, the dispute has arisen between the parties. 6. As such, in the present facts and circumstances of this case, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of 4 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 to the satisfaction of A.C.J.M.-VI, Gopalganj, in connection with Kateya P.S. Case No. 691 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down U/s 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 with further conditions:- Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26877 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 3/3 (i) one of the bailors should be the family member of the petitioner who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide; (ii) the petitioner shall appear before the Trial Court on each and every scheduled date, and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without any plausible reason/explanation shall be resulted into cancellation of her bail bonds by the Trial Court itself; Divyansh/- (Dr. Anshuman, J) U T