Rani Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45680 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1580 Year-2022 Thana- EAST CHAMPARAN COMPLAINT District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.

Rani Devi, W/O Dashrath Ram, R/O Village- Jamla P.S- Motihari Muffasil, District-East Champaran.

2.

Dashrath Ram, S/O Late Radhe Ram, R/O Village- Jamla P.S- Motihari Muffasil, District-East Champaran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Musmat Shanti Devi, W/O Late Yogendra Ram, R/O Village- Jamla, P.S.- Motihari Muffasil, District- East Champaran.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ranjana Srivastava, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kalyan Shankar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the informant and learned APP for the State.

2. The instant application for anticipatory bail has been filed by the petitioners apprehending their arrest in a case instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 465, 468 and 471 of the IPC.

3. As per allegation in the F.I.R., both the petitioners along with other co-accused persons namely Ram Parvesh Singh and Anil Mishra committed forgery with the complainant by forged and fabricated sale deed

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45680 of 2025(3) dt.04-11-2025 2/3 dated 18.07.2022 with respect to 11.12 decimal land of the complainant. The accused persons obtained thumb impression of the complainant on the sale deed on the pretext of making ration card.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners has submitted that petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence. Both the parties are gotiya and due to land dispute between the parties, the present case has been lodged against them. There is litigating terms between the parties and Civil Suit No. 101 of 2022 and T.S. No. 428 of 2022 are going on between the parties.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer of bail.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and in the facts and circumstances of the case as stated above, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioners on bail. The petitioners are directed to surrender in the Court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of this order and in the event of their

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45680 of 2025(3) dt.04-11-2025 3/3 arrest or surrender in connection with Tr. No. 3665 of 2024 arising out of Complain Case No. C-1580 of 2022, they will 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 learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, East Champaran, Motihari, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

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