Mina Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86001 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-220 Year-2024 Thana- HATHAURI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Mina Devi W/O Mukul Sahani R/O Village- Vishambharpur Patti, Ward No.- 15, P.S- Hathahuri, District- Muzaffarpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Pawan Kumar Chaurasia, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 190, 191(2), 191(3), 126(2), 115(2), 109, 103(1) and 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per F.I.R., all the named accused persons, including this petitioners, brutally assaulted the husband of informant by means of iron rod as a result of which he sustained severe injuries and died during course of treatment.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner is co-villager of the deceased and due to prior enmity, he has falsely been implicated in this case. Specific accusation of assault on the head of the deceased with iron rod is against co-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86001 of 2025(2) dt.09-02-2026 2/2 accused Lalu Sahni and as per post-mortem report, cause of death is head injury. Allegation of assault against petitioner is general and omnibus. F.I.R. has been lodged after inordinate delay of seven days which itself raises doubt over veracity of the prosecution case. Petitioner is lady and claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.

6. Considering the backdrop of the case, nature of accusation and clean antecedent, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of her arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bailbond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Court No. 14, Muzaffarpur (East) in connection with Hathauri P. S. Case No. 220 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T