Rekha Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74486 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-74 Year-2025 Thana- TARAPUR District- Munger ====================================================== Deepak Kumar @ Deepak Mandal S/o Sanjay Mandal R/o Village - Auranga, P.S - Tarapur, District - Munger ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 74570 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-74 Year-2025 Thana- TARAPUR District- Munger ====================================================== Rekha Devi W/o Sanjay Mandal R/o Village - Auranga, P.S - Tarapur, District - Munger ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
(In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 74486 of 2025) For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Amrendra Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Dr. Ajeet Kumar, A.P.P.
(In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 74570 of 2025) For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Amrendra Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Dr. Ajeet Kumar, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 03-12-2025 Since both these anticipatory bail applications arise out of Tarapur Police Station Case No. 74 of 2025, with the consent of the parties, both these applications are heard together.
2. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
3. These applications, for grant of anticipatory bail, arise out of Tarapur Police Station Case No. 74 of 2025, dated 23.08.2025, disclosing offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 190, 191(2), 117(2), 109(1) 76, 351(2)(3) and 352 of the Bhartiya
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74486 of 2025(2) dt.03-12-2025 2/3 Nyaya Sanhita.
4. The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report, is that on 29.03.2025 at about 09:10 p:m, in the evening while the informant was going to attend natures call, the petitioners started abusing and upon protest, they assaulted the informant and outraged her modesty.
5. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the allegation against the petitioners are general and omnibus in nature. Victims have sustained simple injury as per injury report annexed at Annexure P/3 series. The findings recorded in the impugned order, regarding grievous injury to the victims is an error of record inasmuch as from the injury report annexed herewith, the victims have sustained simple injury. Both the parties are agnates, having previous dispute and the case and counter case is there and the FIR lodged by the petitioner, namely Rekha Devi bearing Tarapur P.S. Case No. 71 of 2025 against the informant and other accused persons, prior in time to the present FIR which is annexed at Annexure P/2 series
6. Regards being had to the submissions made by parties and taking into consideration the fact that both the parties are agnates having previous enmity, injuries sustained by victims are simple in nature, case and counter case is there, I am inclined to grant the petitioners privilege of anticipatory bail.
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7. This application is, accordingly, allowed.
8. Let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with Tarapur Police Station Case No. 74 of 2025, subject to the condition laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) Siwani/- U T