Lalita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29220 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-80 Year-2026 Thana- LAURIA District- West Champaran ====================================================== Lalita Devi, W/O Late Pintu Prasad, R/O Village- Lakhanpur, P.S- Lauriya, Dist.- West Champaran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sarvesh Kashyap, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kumar Veerendra Narayan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 06-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Lauriaya P.S. Case No. 80 of 2026 dated 08.02.2026 instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 25(1-B)a, 26, 35 of the Arms Act.

3. Allegation is of recovery of one country made pistol from an E-rickshaw which belongs to the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and she has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that the petitioner is the mother of the driver of the seized E-rickshaw. The seized E-rickshaw belongs to the petitioner and she has no concern with the recovered country made pistol. The petitioner has been implicated in this case merely

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29220 of 2026(3) dt.06-05-2026 2/2 by virtue of her being the mother of the driver of the E-rickshaw. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner rather the seized country made pistol was recovered from E-rickshaw which was being driven by her son. Lastly, it has been submitted that petitioner has no criminal antecedents.

5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest / surrender of the petitioner within a period of six weeks from today, in connection with Lauriya P.S. Case No. 80 of 2026, she will be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate- 1st, Bettiah, West Champaran subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. (Khatim Reza, J) premchand/- U T