IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2733 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-276 Year-2025 Thana- DOBHI District- Gaya ====================================================== 1. Kanchan Kumari @ Kanchan Devi W/o Laxman Yadav R/o Village - Munsi Chak, P.S - Dobhi, District - Gaya 2. Lila Devi W/o Siyaram Yadav R/o Village - Munsi Chak, P.S - Dobhi, District - Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Mungeshwar Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Raj Kishor Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 3 23-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioners seek grant of regular bail in connection with Dobhi P.S. Case No. 276 of 2025, dated 19.10.2025, registered under Sections 126(2), 115, 352, 118(1), 109, 117, 74, 303(2), 76 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Subsequently, Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 has also been added. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 11.10.2025 at about 4:00 p.m., the accused persons, namely Laxman Yadav, Lakhan Yadav, Siyaram Yadav, the wife of Siyaram Yadav, namely Lila Devi (petitioner no. 2) and the wife Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2733 of 2026(3) dt.23-02-2026 2/3 of Laxman Yadav, namely Kanchan Kumari @ Kanchan Devi (petitioner no. 1), due to an earlier dispute came to the house of the informant armed with lathi, danda and iron rod abused her family members and assaulted them. It is further alleged that the informant and her daughters-in-law, namely Anita Devi and Dewki Devi were assaulted with lathi, danda and iron rod and during the course of treatment the informant succumbed to her injuries. 4.Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and they have been falsely implicated in the present case. It is submitted that petitioner no. 1 is the wife of co-accused Laxman Yadav whereas, petitioner no. 2 is the wife of co-accused Siyaram Yadav. It is next submitted that from a bare perusal of the FIR, it is evident that the entire family has been implicated with general and omnibus allegations. It is further submitted that the petitioners are lady members of the family and FIR specifically assigns the use of an iron rod, lathi and danda to the male co-accused; however, no specific weapon or role is attributed to the petitioners. They have been made accused merely on account of their relationship with the co- accused persons. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioners have been in custody since 20.10.2025 and have no criminal Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2733 of 2026(3) dt.23-02-2026 3/3 antecedents 5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has opposed the prayer. 6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioners be released on bail upon 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 of A.C.J.M.-1st Sherghati, Gaya, in connection with Dobhi P.S. Case No. 276 of 2025. 7. The application stands allowed. shyambihari/- (Khatim Reza, J) U T