Rita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6354 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-221 Year-2025 Thana- KATEYA District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Rita Devi D/o Dhebar Basfor Resident of village- Hatawa, PS- Kateya, District- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Dharmveer, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Narsingh Tanti, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-02-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 103(1) and 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023.

3. As per prosecution case, the informant's brother, who was residing in his in-laws' house, was killed by this petitioner and other co-accused persons.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner is wife of the deceased.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6354 of 2026(2) dt.11-02-2026 2/3 Informant is not an eye-witness to the occurrence and only with a view to grab the land of this petitioner, she and her whole family has been made accused in this case. As a matte of fact, the deceased committed suicide out of depression. In the post mortem report also, cause of death is Asphyxia due to hanging and doctor has found no external injury over the body of the deceased, which itself falsifies the entire prosecution case. Petitioner is a lady and claims clean antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation, relationship between the parties, materials that have surfaced during course of investigation and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Gopalganj in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6354 of 2026(2) dt.11-02-2026 3/3 connection with Kateya P.S. Case No. 221 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Shashank/ AbhishekU T