Arhul Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74650 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2025 Thana- NOWKOTHI GARHPURA DistrictBegusarai ====================================================== Arhul Devi W/o Manoj Das R/o Village- Nowkothi ward No. 4, P.SNowkothi, Dist- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 23-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 25 (1-B)a, 26 (1), 25 (1-A), 26 (2) and 35 of the Arms Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, co-accused Praveen @ Munna Singh disclosed that he has kept his arms hidden in the house of the petitioner and upon search one country made pistol and cartridges were recovered from the house of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner who is a lady has been falsely implicated in a case under the Arms Act by showing false recovery of firearms from her house which has been allegedly recovered on the basis of confessional statement of a co-accused Praveen Kumar @ Munna Singh and this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74650 of 2025(4) dt.23-02-2026 2/2 also indicates that the materials, if any, belong to the said Praveen Kumar @ Munna Singh. Further, there is no compliance of mandatory provision of search and seizure and the petitioner is a lady who is suffering from several health issue for which a supplementary affidavit has also been filed. Charge sheet has already been submitted

5. Learned APP for the State opposed the bail petition.

6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and also considering the fact that it is co-accused who has admitted that he had kept the arms in the house of the petitioner who seems to have no knowledge of the same, coupled with the fact that she is in custody for more than seven months and no further progress has been made in the case, the above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Nowkothi P.S. Case No. 156 of 2025 (G.R. No. 3239 of 2025).

(Soni Shrivastava, J) vashudha/- U T