Rekha Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34818 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-83 Year-2021 Thana- DHOLBAJJA District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Rekha Devi Wife of Akalesh Ram @ Akhlesh Ram Resident of VillageDholbajja, P.S.- Dholbajja, District- Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Akshay Lal Pandit, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 447, 323, 341, 354 (B), 379, 384, 385, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the prosecution case, on the alleged date and time of occurrence, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner, armed with various weapons, in order to grab the land of informant demanded rangdari of Rs. 5 lakhs from the informant and snatched ornaments and Rs. 4,000/- cash.
4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that this petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case due to land dispute between the parties. As a matter of fact, petitioner
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34818 of 2025(3) dt.26-09-2025 2/2 belongs to Mahadalit community and only with a view to harass her, informant filed this false and concocted case. Allegation of assault is general and omnibus. No specific overt act is alleged against the petitioner. Similarly situated co-accused persons have already granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 18.01.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 79537 of 2024. Petitioner is lady and claims clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, 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 bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Naugachia, Bhagalpur in connection with Dholbajja P. S. Case No. 83 of 2021, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T