IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2566 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-204 Year-2024 Thana- MAJHAULIA District- West Champaran ====================================================== 1. Payal Kumari S/o- Hira Lal Mahto Resident of village- Nautan Ps- Majhauliya khurd Haripur Tola, Ward no-3, District- West Champaran betitiah 2. Sushila Devi W/o- Horil Mahto Resident of village- Nautan Ps- Majhauliya khurd Haripur Tola, Ward no-3, District- West Champaran betitiah 3. Dipak Mahto S/o- Horil Mahto Resident of village- Nautan Ps- Majhauliya khurd Haripur Tola, Ward no-3, District- West Champaran betitiah 4. Rajmati Devi @ Hiramati Devi W/o- Hiralal Mahto Resident of village- Nautan Ps- Majhauliya khurd Haripur Tola, Ward no-3, District- West Champaran betitiah 5. Rishi Kumar S/o- Virendra Mahto Resident of village- Nautan Ps- Majhauliya khurd Haripur Tola, Ward no-3, District- West Champaran betitiah 6. Badri Mahto S/o- Late Ramkishun Mahto Resident of village- Nautan Ps- Majhauliya khurd Haripur Tola, Ward no-3, District- West Champaran betitiah 7. Nitish Kumar S/o- Hiralal Mahto Resident of village- Nautan Ps- Majhauliya khurd Haripur Tola, Ward no-3, District- West Champaran Betitiah ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mrs. Archana Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rana Randhir Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Majhaulia P.S. Case No. 204 of 2025 registered for the offences under Sections 341, 323, 324, 307, 379, 354B and Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2566 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 2/4 504/34 of the I.P.C. 3. As per the prosecution case, the allegations against the petitioners is that they have all connived altogether and assaulted the members of the prosecution side. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case and they have not committed any offence as alleged. It is further submitted that the specific allegation of assault is only against the co-accused, namely, Horil Mahto and Anup Kumar and that the injuries sustained by the two persons were found to be simple in nature, though on their heads. It has further been submitted that the entire allegation is false and concocted and that three of the petitioners are ladies against whom allegations of snatching of mangalsutra, etc. have been alleged. It has lastly been submitted that the petitioners carry one criminal antecedent. 5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail. 6. Considering the aforesaid submission, facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioners above named be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2566 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 3/4 from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Majhaulia P.S. Case No. 204 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure read with corresponding Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S. as well as subject to the following conditions:- (i) One of the bailors of the petitioners shall be their close relative. (ii) The petitioners shall remain physically present in Court on each date of the trial. (iii) In case of absence on two consecutive dates, or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioners will be liable to be cancelled by the Court concerned. (iv) If the petitioners are found involved in similar nature of offence in future, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move for cancellation of his bail bond. (v) The learned Court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioners and in case at any stage it is found that the petitioners have Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2566 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 4/4 concealed their criminal antecedents, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification. 7. Accordingly, the present application stands disposed of. 8. It is made clear that the observations, if any, made in this order, shall be of no bearing during the trial. aditya/- (Sourendra Pandey, J) U