Munni Khatoon @ Sajida Bano v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12245 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-473 Year-2025 Thana- ARA NAGAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Munni Khatoon @ Sajida Bano Daughter of Late Jamaludin Ansari Resident of Village- Bhaluhipur Mirachak, Ps- Ara Town, District- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Akanksha Malviya, Mr. Akash Keshav, Ms. Naina Nancy, Advocates For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Rina Sinha, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 118(2), 109(1), 103(1), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per F.I.R., this petitioner along with other accused persons is alleged to have assaulted the husband of informant and others by means of knife.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. From perusal of the F.I.R. it is apparent that co-accused Md. Soni Ansari and Md. Sikandar Ansari stabbed the husband of informant with knife and this petitioner is only alleged to have caught hold of the deceased. Similarly situated co-accused,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12245 of 2026(2) dt.09-04-2026 2/2 namely, Zarina Ansari has already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 28.01.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 1682 of 2026. Petitioner is lady and claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.

6. Considering backdrop of the case, nature of accusation and clean antecedent, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of her arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bailbond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Ara Town P. S. Case No. 473 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T