Basanti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58925 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-351 Year-2024 Thana- MANJHI District- Saran ====================================================== Basanti Devi Wife of Brija Lal Sharma Resident of Village - Bhajaun, Police Station - Manjhi, District - Saran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dhanendra Chaubey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Pradeep Narain Kumar, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 10-09-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 109, 352 and 3(5) of the BNS.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman aged about 60 years and the informant alleges that on account of dispute relating to breakage of hand pump, the accused persons came and Brija Lal Sharma assaulted by lathi causing injury on head while petitioner assaulted by Khanti on head, hand and leg causing injury.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that though it is alleged that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58925 of 2025(2) dt.10-09-2025 2/2 petitioner assaulted the informant by Khanti on head, hand and leg but then from perusal of the injury report of the injured annexed as Annexure-2 to the anticipatory bail application, it would manifest that the Doctor has opined the injury to be simple caused by hard and blunt substance when Khanti is a sharp edged weapon.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the submissions and taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is a woman aged about 60 years, let the petitioner above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Manjhi P.S. Case No. 351 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T