IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.376 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-178 Year-2025 Thana- SIKTI District- Araria ====================================================== 1. Neelam Devi W/O Om Prakash Mandal Resident of Village-Uphrail, Ward No. 10, P.S.- Sikti, District- Araria 2. Saroj Mandal @ Saroj kumar Mandal Son of Panchanand Mandal Resident of Village-Uphrail, Ward No. 10, P.S.- Sikti, District- Araria 3. Usha Devi W/O late Sughdev Mandal @ Sugdev Mandal @ Shukdev Mandal Resident of Village-Uphrail, Ward No. 10, P.S.- Sikti, District- Araria 4. Seema Devi W/O Ramdev Mandal Resident of Village-Uphrail, Ward No. 10, P.S.- Sikti, District- Araria 5. Babita Devi W/O Suman kumar Mandal Resident of Village-Uphrail, Ward No. 10, P.S.- Sikti, District- Araria 6. Nutan Devi W/O Saroj Mandal Resident of Village-Uphrail, Ward No. 10, P.S.- Sikti, District- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Nadimul Hasan For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Chandra Sen Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 21-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 126, 115(2), 76, 303(2), 351(2), 352, 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita. 3. Allegation against petitioners is that they assaulted wife of informant with kicks, fists and lathi, causing injuries to her. The petitioners are also alleged to have disrobed informant’s wife and took away jewellery from her house. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.376 of 2026(2) dt.21-01-2026 2/2 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that allegation of assault is general and omnibus. The present F.I.R. has been lodged after a delay of one month without any plausible explanation of delay. Case and counter case. Petitioners claim clean antecedent. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the bail petition. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M. 1st Class, Araria, District - Araria in connection with Sikti P.S. Case No. 178 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. anay (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T