Tabassum Ara @ Soni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14406 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-428 Year-2025 Thana- ARARIA District- Araria ====================================================== Tabassum Ara @ Soni W/o Mr. Shubhan Sakin Resident of - Azad Nagar, P.S - Araria, District - Araria ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Praveer Kumar Thakur, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Mohammad Sufyan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 12-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Araria P.S. Case No. 428 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable u/s 137(2), 142 and 3(5) of the B.N.S. and Section 81 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act

3. The case of prosecution, in short, is that the infant baby of the informant was kidnapped from the Nursing Home.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and has falsely been implicated in this case. The name of the petitioner has transpired in this case merely on the basis of confessional statement of coaccused Munni Khatoon and the infant baby of the informant was recovered from the possession of Munni Khatoon and not

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14406 of 2026(2) dt.12-03-2026 2/2 from the petitioner. It is next submitted that except the confessional statement of Munni Khatoon there is no material on record to show the complicity of the petitioner in the said occurrence. It is also submitted that the similarly situated coaccused person, namely, Ruhi Khatoon has already been granted the privilege of regular bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 17.02.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 8698 of 2026. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has clean criminal antecedent and is in custody since 16.10.2025.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the parties and taking into account the facts and circumstance of the case, let the petitioner above-named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Araria, in connection with Araria P.S. Case No. 428 of 2025.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Praveen Kumar, J) Jyoti/- U