Rani Singh @ Rani Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49307 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-120 Year-2023 Thana- BARARI District- Katihar ====================================================== Rani Singh @ Rani Devi, W/o Late Lalan Kumar Singh, R/o VillageDurgapur, P.S- Barari, Dist- Katihar. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Jyoti Ranjan Jha, Adv.
For the Informant :
Mr. Raghvendra Kumar Singh, Adv.
For the State :
Mr.Nirmal Kumar Sinha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 29-07-2026 Heard the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with Barari (Semapur) P.S. Case No. 120 of 2023, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 379, 307, 504 and 279 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a lady and there is no serious allegation against her in the FIR. It is alleged only that she handed over a sharp-edged weapon, namely, Hasua, to coaccused Suraj Kumar Singh, who allegedly used the same to assault the informant. However, the details of the informant's injury, mentioned in paragraph no. 9 of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49307 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026 2/3 petition, reveal that the injury has been opined by the concerned doctor to have been caused by a hard and blunt object, which contradicts the allegation that a sharp-edged weapon was used in the assault. It is further submitted that the informant sustained only one injury, in the nature of an abrasion, which has been opined to be simple in nature. Learned counsel further submits that the FIR was registered against six persons, including the petitioner. The investigation against the petitioner has been completed and she was granted the benefit of police bail. The police submitted a charge-sheet against the petitioner only for bailable offences. However, the learned trial court has taken cognizance of a non-bailable offence in addition to the other offences.
4. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing for the informant, while opposing the petitioner's prayer for bail, submits that the alleged occurrence took place in the year 2023 and that the petitioner has remained absconding for the last three years. It is further submitted that coercive action for securing her appearance, in the form of proceedings under Sections 82 and 83 of the Cr.P.C., may have been initiated by the learned trial court.
5. Considering the above submissions and mainly
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49307 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026 3/3 taking into account the completion of the investigation against the petitioner as well as her role in the commission of the alleged occurrence coupled with the nature of the injury sustained by the informant as mentioned by the petitioner in his petition, this court is inclined to grant the relief of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, let the petitioner namedabove, in the event of her arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Barari (Semapur) P.S. Case No. 120 of 2023 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.
(Shailendra Singh, J) Rajiv/- U T