IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 26457 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-3 Year-2026 Thana- MANJHAUL District- Begusarai ====================================================== Rukmini Kumari @ Rukmini Devi W/o- Bablu Kumar @ Bablu roy R/v- Manjhaul W.No-13, Bichkhanna Tola Ps- Maanjhaul Dist- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Deepak Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Satyendra Prasad, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 01-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered under Sections 126 (2), 115 (2), 352, 76, 351 (2) and 3 (5) of B.N.S and Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Witch Practices Act, 1999. 3. As per prosecution case, petitioner stated that informant is “Dayan” and has performed black magic on her daughter, thereafter, petitioner tried to smear black soot on the informant. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there was a dispute between the petitioner and the informant as petitioner was the anganwadi sevika while the informant was the angawadi assistant. A false allegation of calling the informant a “Dayan” and performing black magic on her daughter has been made with the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 26457 of 2026(2) dt.01-05-2026 2/2 allegation of trying to smear black soot on the informant. It is further submitted that the delay of two days in lodging the F.I.R has not been explained. The petitioner is a lady having no criminal antecedent. 5. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A. P.P. for the State. 6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the fact that there is no allegation of assault etc. and also considering the dispute between the parties, let the petitioner, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Manjhaul P.S. Case No. 03 of 2026 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S, 2023. vashudha/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T