Anita Mishra v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4447 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-869 Year-2025 Thana- GOPALGANJ TOWN DistrictGopalganj ====================================================== 1.

Anita Mishra W/O Vivek Ranjan R/O village - Moniya Chowk, P.S. - Gopalganj Town, District -Gopalganj.

2.

Abhishek Ranjan Mishra @ Abhishek S/O Vivek Ranjan R/O village - Moniya Chowk, P.S. - Gopalganj Town, District -Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Subhangi Pandey, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Upendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 04-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The present petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioners, apprehending their arrest, in connection with Gopalganj Nagar P.S. Case No. 869 of 2025 dated 25.11.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 351(2) and 3(5) of B.N.S., 2023.

3. As per allegation, the complainant has given Rs. 50 lac to the co-accused/Vivek Ranjan and others with promise of the co-accused that they will pay back the money to the informant in crores, but on demand, they did not pay a single paisa.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4447 of 2026(2) dt.04-02-2026 2/3

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the Petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. She further submits that there is no allegation in the FIR that even a single paisa has been paid in the account of the petitioners, who are wife and son of co-accused/Vivek Ranjan. She further submits that the petitioners have nothing to do with the alleged offence.

5. It is also stated in paragraph no. 2 of the bail petition that the petitioners have not moved this Court earlier either for anticipatory bail or regular one in the instant case.

6. It has further been stated in paragraph no.3 of the petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedents.

7. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer of the Petitioners for bail.

8. Considering the fact that not a single paisa has been paid to the petitioners as per statement of learned counsel for the petitioners, this petition is allowed, directing the petitioners above-named, to be enlarged on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on their furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000 /- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4447 of 2026(2) dt.04-02-2026 3/3 to the satisfaction of learned Concerned Court below, in connection with Gopalganj Nagar P.S. Case No. 869 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) B.N.S.S., 2023 and on the following conditions: (i) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that the petitioners have any criminal antecedents, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioners after hearing them and getting satisfied that the petitioners have concealed their criminal antecedents despite their knowledge of the same.

(ii) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that statement regarding previous bail petition is wrong, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioners.

9. However, the informant will have liberty to take steps to get the bail bonds cancelled, if it is found that they have also got the money out of Rs. 50 lac as given by the informant to the accused persons.

(Jitendra Kumar, J) shoaib/- U T