Manju Devi @ Manjoo Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77528 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-207 Year-2025 Thana- BAHERI District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Manju Devi @ Manjoo Devi Wife of Late Pramod Singh R/o Village - Korigama, P.S - Baheri, District - Darbhanga. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Dr Sanjay Kumar Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Navin Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-12-2025

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 316(5), 318(4), 338 and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman and the informant alleges that accused persons including the petitioner have withdrawn money from the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna by scanning the account number of genuine beneficiaries and also tampered with the records.

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 It is further submitted that the petitioner has not withdrawn any money rather the same was credited in her

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77528 of 2025(2) dt.23-12-2025 2/2 account, on account of mistake committed by the Awas Sahayak and when petitioner was informed by the Awas Sahayak about the mistake, the money was credited in the account of State Nodal Bank.

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

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, 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 Baheri P.S. Case No. 207 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

7. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T