Chand Tara Khatoon @ Jantara Khatoon v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18454 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-289 Year-2019 Thana- MANJHI District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

Chand Tara Khatoon @ Jantara Khatoon, D/o Ful Mohammad 2.

Manju Begum, W/o Ful Mohammad 3.

Mantara Khatoon @ Mentara Khatoon, D/o Ful Mohamamd All are R/o Village - Bhattha Mohamamdpur, P.S. - Manjhi, Dist. - Saran ... ... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Aashi Wats, Advocate Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Navin Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The accused/petitioners are named in the FIR and apprehending their arrest in connection with Manjhi P.S. Case No.289 of 2019 registered under Sections 363 and 366-A of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per FIR, the petitioners are alleged to be involved in kidnapping of minor daughter of informant along with other co-accused persons for the purpose of illicit intercourse/marriage with another person.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioners that the daughter of informant was in love with son of sister of petitioner no.2 and solemnized marriage with him

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18454 of 2024(3) dt.28-01-2026 2/2 out of her own sweet will. It is submitted that merely on the basis of suspicion, as these petitioners abeted the crime in question qua kidnapping of minor daughter of informant, they appears implicated with present case and moreover the petitioner are ladies of clean antecedent.

5. Learned APP opposed the prayer of bail.

6. In view of aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of fact as face of FIR prima facie raised only suspicion qua involvement of petitioners with present crime in question, where all three petitioners are ladies of clean antecedent, accordingly, all above-named three petitioners, are directed to be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.-XIII, Saran, Chapra in connection with Manjhi P.S. Case No.289 of 2019, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the CrPC/under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.) Sanjeet/- U T