Bachchelal Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87722 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-184 Year-2023 Thana- KARJA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Bachchelal Paswan S/O Late Darshan Paswan R/O Vill.- Borwara, P.S.- Karja, Dist.- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Madan Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 21-01-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 448, 452, 341, 342, 323, 325, 307, 380, 427, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code & Section 3⁄4 of Witch (Daain) Practices Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that named accused persons including the petitioner along with 100-150 unknown accused came to her house and assaulted her mother-in-law on pretext that she is a witch causing fracture of her hand while other accused excluding the petitioner acted inappropriately with her and also took away cash of Rs.50,000/- along with ornaments of Rs.2 lacs.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87722 of 2025(2) dt.21-01-2026 2/2

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that no specific allegation of assault is alleged against the petitioner. It is also submitted that the order impugned inadvertently records that petitioner made her mother-in-law drink human excreta when it is not the case of the informant in the FIR.

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

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below 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 Karja P.S. Case No.184/2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T