Lakho Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7110 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-207 Year-2025 Thana- BAHERI District- Darbhanga ====================================================== 1.

Lakho Devi W/o Nagendra Singh R/o vill - Rampur Karigama, P.S.- Baheri, Distt.- Darbhanga 2.

Santosh Thakur S/o Kameshwar Thakur R/o vill - Rampur Karigama, P.S.- Baheri, Distt.- Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ranjit Kumar Yadav For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad- A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 03-04-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners seek bail in anticipation of their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316(5), 318(4), 338 and 3(5) of the B.N.S.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and petitioner no.1 is a senior citizen aged about 61 years and is a woman and the informant alleges that accused persons including the petitioners withdrew money from the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna by scanning the account no of genuine beneficiaries and also tampered with the record.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7110 of 2026(3) dt.03-04-2026 2/3

4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that the petitioners have not withdrawn any money rather the same was credited in their account on account of mistake committed by the Awas Sahayak and when the petitioners were informed by the Awas Sahayak about the mistake, the money was credited in the account of the State Nodal Bank. It is submitted that the said fact also stands recorded in the order impugned and is corroborated from Annexure-3 to the supplementary affidavit, which is a letter of the B.D.O. addressed to the D.D.C., Darbhanga recording therein that the amount inadvertently credited in the account of the petitioners stands credited with the Nodal Bank.

5. Learned A.P.P. Sri Chandra Bhushan Prasad opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners, above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, are directed to be released on anticipatory bail on their furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7110 of 2026(3) dt.03-04-2026 3/3 where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Baheri P. S. Case No.207 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T