Bunni Begum v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19468 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-282 Year-2023 Thana- IMAMGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== Bunni Begum W/O Matiur Rahman Khan R/O- Mohalla- Lodi Shaheed, P.O and P.S- Sherghati, Dist- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rashid Izhar, Mr. Adil Abbas, Mr. Vishal Kr. Sharma, Mr. Syed Md. I. Quli, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Madan Kumarm A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the prosecution case, informant namely, Nafisa Khatoon alleged that co-accused Kumar Nath who was Revenue Clerk, at the relevant time in collusion with other coaccused persons declared the informant dead, projected this petitioner as her daughter and mutated the land of the informant in her name.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner is sister-in-law of the informant and present case is related to an execution of sale deed in the year 2013. The land in question belonged to one Khalique Hussain, father of this petitioner and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19468 of 2026(2) dt.05-05-2026 2/2 the same was transferred having title and possession to the petitioner and her brothers, in their respective portions. Informant left her marital home just after marriage, decades ago and present false and concocted has been lodged with a view to grab the land in question. Moreover, dispute involves sale and purchase of land which is purely of civil nature. Petitioner is lady and claims clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.
6. Considering the 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, Gaya in connection with Imamganj P. S. Case No. 282 of 2023, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T