Farha Naz v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1823 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-65 Year-2022 Thana- LAKHISARAI District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Farha Naz W/O Imran Hussain R/O Yahiya Nagar Bye Pass Raod, Near City School, Road No- 2, Bherhunpur, Dhanbad, Jharkhand- 828110 ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Abu Bakar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anuj Kumar Shrivastava, A.P.P ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-02-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of three weeks from today.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The Petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable u/s 363, 365 and 386 read with 34 of the I.P.C and sections 25(1-b)(a), 26(i) and 35 of the Arms Act and 37 (b)(c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and coaccused persons surrounded the informant and on the point of pistol demanded Rs. 20 lakhs as ransom. It is further alleged that they snatched cash, a mobile phone and ornaments from the possession of the informant and the vehicle registration bearing

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1823 of 2023(3) dt.25-02-2023 2/2 No. JH 10AB 3431 was used in the crime alleged. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated at para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is made accused only because she is the owner of the said vehicle and at the time of incident the said vehicle was driven by her driver. The petitioner was not present at the time of occurrence. The petitioner is a lady. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the petitioner being a lady, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Lakhisarai in connection with Lakhisarai (Kawaiya) P.S. Case No. 65 of 2022, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) atul/- U T