Chanchal Kumari @ Chanchala Kumari v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71197 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-17 Year-2017 Thana- IMAMGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== Chanchal Kumari @ Chanchala Kumari W/o Anuj Yadav @ Anuj Kumar Yadav, D/o Jatu Yadav R/o Village- Nkjupa, PS- Sherghati, Distt.- Gaya, At present R/o vill - Sangrampur, P.S.- Imamganj, Distt.- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Md. Javed Jafar Khan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Upendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 17-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 494, 323, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman. It is next submitted that petitioner was on police bail during the period of investigation, but the police in a mechanical manner submitted charge-sheet. It is next submitted that this Court in the cases of Mahendra Prasad Singh Vs. The State of Bihar reported in 2004(3) PLJR 491,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.71197 of 2025(3) dt.17-11-2025 2/2 Sheochandra Singh and Others Vs. State reported in 2007(4) BBCJ V-66 and in the case of Jagnarayan Yadav @ Babajee Yadav Son of Soti Lal Yadav and Ors. Vs. The State of Bihar, reported in 2010(2) PLJR 684 has very clearly laid the law as to what steps have to be taken by the learned trial court with respect to an accused who was on police bail and after investigation charge-sheet is submitted. It is also submitted that petitioner while on police bail never misused the privilege.
4. In view of the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, the anticipatory bail application is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to surrender before the learned trial court on or before 28.11.2025 and the learned trial court shall on the same day dispose of the application, keeping in mind the law enunciated by this Court, as recorded hereinabove.
5. Hence, the anticipatory bail application stands disposed of in connection with Imamganj P.S. Case No.17 of 2017, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M., Sherghati, Gaya.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sanjay/- U T