Anu Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1204 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-932 Year-2022 Thana- TURKAULIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Anu Devi, W/o Dhanilal Sah, R/o Village- Belawa Tiwari Tola, P.STurkauliya, Dist- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Prateek Tandon, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anil Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-04-2026 Heard Mr. Prateek Tandon, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Anil Kumar learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Turkauliya P.S. Case No. 932/2022 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 341, 323, 324, 379, 504, 506, 308 and 34 of the IPC.

3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, all the accused persons including the petitioner with an intention to kill assaulted the mother of the informant, causing injury to her.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Learned counsel further

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1204 of 2026(3) dt.06-04-2026 2/3 submitted that petitioner and informant are own family members and due to partition of ancestral property, an altercation took place and both the sides entered into fierce fight and in the selfdefence, petitioner may have caused some injury on the person of the informant's mother without intention, however, the injury sustained by the mother of the informant is simple in nature. On these grounds, the petitioner seeks to be released on prearrest bail.

5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail.

6. Having heard the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, having perused the allegation made in the FIR and the fact that petitioner and informant are own family members and due to partition of ancestral property, an altercation took place and both the sides entered into fierce fight and in the self-defence, petitioner may have caused some injury on the person of the informant's mother without intention and the injury sustained by the mother of the informant is simple in nature, I am of the opinion that petitioner has, prima facie, made out a case to be released on pre-arrest bail.

7. The petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1204 of 2026(3) dt.06-04-2026 3/3 before the learned District Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Motihari, East Champaran / Concerned Court in connection with Turkauliya P.S. Case No. 932/2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

8. The learned District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases, as what has been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail application, this order will automatically lose its force.

(Purnendu Singh, J) Sanjay/- U T