Anjali Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23445 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-487 Year-2024 Thana- NAWADA MUFFASIL District- Nawada ====================================================== Anjali Devi Wife of Pappu singh @ Papapu singh Resident of villageGangarampur, Ps- Narhat, Dist- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Parashuram Singh, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Kumar Veerendra Narayan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 18-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No. 487 of 2024 in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 139/87 of the B.N.S.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner is accused of conspiring to kidnap the informant's niece and subsequently threatening the informant and his family with threats of violence.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits at the outset that the petitioner is the mother of Solu Kumar with whom, it has been alleged that the victim girl had fled away. It is further submitted that the victim girl, after the recovery has got

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23445 of 2026(2) dt.18-04-2026 2/3 her statement recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS wherein she has accepted the fact that she was having a love relationship with Solu Kumar and they had also eventually got married and that she was pregnant. The learned counsel also invites the attention of this Court to Annexure P/2 which is an application filed on behalf of the father of the victim girl before the learned Court of the A.C.J.M., stating Nawada that his daughter is aged about 20 years and after marriage with co-accused Solu Kumar, a child has also been born out of the wedlock. He has specifically stated that the present case has been filed out of her misunderstanding.

5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the application for anticipatory bail.

6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the fact that the petitioner is the mother of the alleged main accused with whom the victim had a love relationship, let the above named petitioner, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23445 of 2026(2) dt.18-04-2026 3/3 in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No. 487 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Soni Shrivastava, J) priyanka/- U T