Ranjo Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28953 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-124 Year-2025 Thana- MANSI District- Khagaria ====================================================== Ranjo Devi W/O Umesh Chaudhary, R/O Village- Rangania, P.S. Salkhua, DIstt.- Saharsa.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar Jha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 05-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. In the present case, the petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Mansi P.S. Case No. 124 of 2025, dated 01.06.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 137(2), 96 and 303(2) read with Section 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023.

3. As per prosecution case, the minor daughter of the informant was enticed away by the co-accused Shiv Chaudhary. When the informant went to the house of the coaccused to make complaint, petitioner and other co-accused persons pushed the informant and her husband away.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The FIR has been lodged after a delay of almost four

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28953 of 2026(2) dt.05-05-2026 2/3 months without any explanation. The allegation against the petitioner and two other co-accused persons Manoj Chaudhary and Putul Devi is that they drove the informant and her husband out from their house and except for that, there is no allegation against the petitioner. The FIR itself shows that the allegation is frivolous. The victim girl has been recovered and her statement was recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S., 2023, wherein she did not support the prosecution case and did not make any allegation against the petitioner. The petitioner is having antecedent of one case in which he is on bail.

5. Learned APP opposes the submissions made on behalf of the petitioner.

6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances and submissions made on behalf of the parties and considering the frivolous and vague nature of allegation against the petitioner without showing commission of any cognizable offence and further considering the possibility of false implication, let the petitioner, above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the Court concerned within a period of eight weeks from today, be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28953 of 2026(2) dt.05-05-2026 3/3 Magistrate 1st Class, Khagaria, in connection with Mansi P.S. Case No. 124 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. and other following conditions:

(i) One of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner.

(ii) The petitioner will remain present on each and every date fixed by the Court below, if so required by the learned trial Court.

(Arun Kumar Jha, J) Shahnawaz/- U T