Babloo Singh @ Rajesh Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23286 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-395 Year-2020 Thana- SIMRI District- Buxar ====================================================== 1.

Babloo Singh @ Rajesh Kumar Singh S/O Bacchan Singh R/O VillageSahiyar, P.S- Simari (Simri), Distt.- Buxar. 2.

Pushpa Devi W/O Babloo Singh @ Rajesh Kumar Singh R/O VillageSahiyar, P.S- Simari (Simri), Distt.- Buxar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Md. Shakir Ahmad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 17-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Simri P.S. Case No. 395 of 2020 in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 354(B), 337, 504, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioners along with other co-accused persons assaulted and harassed the informant after she refused to work for them. The accused pelted stones, dragged the informant from her home, and petitioner no. 1 molested her and snatched her jewelry while threatening her to vacate the house.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners who are husband and wife have been falsely implicated in the present case on account of some neighborhood dispute over passage of water from the water tank. It is further submitted that there is a delay of three days in lodging of the first information

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23286 of 2026(2) dt.17-04-2026 2/2 report. The false allegation of outraging modesty has been attributed to petitioner no. 1 although, he is a person aged about 66 years and the petitioner no. 2 is also a lady aged about 57 years. It has also been submitted that the petitioners were granted the benefit of Section 41A of the Cr.P.C. but now, since charge-sheet has been submitted, there is an apprehension.

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 nature of allegations arising out of a dispute between the two neighbors and further considering that the petitioners never misused the privilege granted to them under Section 41A of the Cr.P.C., let the above named petitioners, in the event of their 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Simri P.S. Case No. 395 of 2020, 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