Geyanti Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45865 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-148 Year-2026 Thana- KALYANPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== Geyanti Devi W/o Vinod Das Resident of Village- Pakari Dixit, P.S.- Kalyanpur, District- East Champran at Motihari ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Choubey Jawahar, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 117(2), 109(1), 76, 303(2), 352, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
3. Prosecution case, in brief, is that on 31.3.2026 at about 9 AM, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner and three unknown persons, hurled verbal abuses, assaulted informant and her family member by means of iron rod, sticks and threatened to kill informant. It is further alleged that petitioner took Rs. 7,000/- from the pocket of the husband of informant.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. On account
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45865 of 2026(2) dt.15-07-2026 2/2 of petty dispute, simple altercation took place between the parties in which both sides sustained injuries. Case and counter case. Allegation of assault is general and omnibus and there is no specific allegation of overt act against petitioner. Petitioner is lady and claims clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.
6. Considering the backdrop of the case, nature of accusation and clean antecedent, 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 bailbond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Kalyanpur P. S. Case No. 148 of 2026, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T