Sunita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47529 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2025 Thana- GOPALGANJ TOWN DistrictGopalganj ====================================================== Sunita Devi W/o Vinod Mahto @ Binod Kumar Resident of Village- Harpur, PS- Gopalganj Town, District- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shubhangi Pandey, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Prem Kumar Jha, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-07-2025 Heard Mr. Shubhangi Pandey, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Prem Kumar Jha, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Gopalganj Town P.S. Case No. 156 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Section 96 of the BNS, 2023.

3. Allegation is of kidnapping of minor daughter of the informant on the pretext of marriage.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent and she has committed no offence as alleged. The victim and son of the petitioner were in love relationship and she had willingly gone to solemnize marriage with the co-accused Ganesh and the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47529 of 2025(2) dt.30-07-2025 2/2 petitioner is the mother of the said co-accused Ganesh. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the nature of allegation made against the petitioner to be not specific, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Gopalganj in connection with Gopalganj Town P.S. Case No. 156 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

7. The District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases as what has been stated in Para3 of the bail petition, this order will automatically lose its force.

8. The bail application stands disposed of.

(Purnendu Singh, J) mantreshwar/- U T