Joshi Devi @ Joshi Kumari Devi @ Kumari v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28524 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-373 Year-2025 Thana- NASRIGANJ District- Rohtas ====================================================== Joshi Devi @ Joshi Kumari Devi @ Kumari W/o Jai Prakash Gupta @Jai Prakash , D/o Dashrath Prasad R/o Village - Nasriganj, Ward No. 5, P.S - Nasriganj, District - Rohtas at present R/o Village - Tara Nagar, P.S - Bihta, District - Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Arvind Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Binod Kumar, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
3. As per F.I.R., co-accused Chandan Kumar inflicted knife blow on the head and hand of informant.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. There is no allegation of any specific overt act against petitioner and she has falsely been implicated in this case merely because she is sister of co-accused Chandan Kumar, who is alleged to have assaulted informant with knife. Case and counter case. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28524 of 2026(2) dt.04-05-2026 2/2
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 Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bikramganj, Rohtas in connection with Nasriganj P. S. Case No. 373 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