Smt. Lalo Devi @ Lalo Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.121 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-861 Year-2023 Thana- AGAMKUAN District- Patna ====================================================== Smt. Lalo Devi @ Lalo devi W/O Shri Pawan Mahto R/O Mohalla- Chhoti Pahari, P.S.- Agamkuan, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Deepak Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Kumar Veerendra Narayan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 18-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 385, 387, 427, 504, 506 and 307 of the Indian Penal Code as well as Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman and the informant alleges that he and Naushad Ahmad looks after a piece of land that belongs to Chandan Kumar. It is next alleged that on 03.09.2023 informant and Naushad came on the plot with their motorcycle and were sitting in a room constructed on the land when all of a sudden they heard sound of firing and when they peeped outside, they saw the named accused persons
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.121 of 2026(2) dt.18-02-2026 2/3 including the petitioner and many female along with 40-50 unknown accused rushing towards them and were firing on account of which a ruckus was created and the accused persons damaged the bike of the informant and also demolished the walls of the room and boundary by using a JCB machine and demanded extortion of Rs.50 Lakhs, accordingly, the informant called the police by making a call on 112, thereafter the accused persons fled with the JCB.
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 allegations, as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that allegation against the petitioner is general and omnibus in nature. It is also submitted that Pawan Mahto had approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Criminal Miscellaneous No.60756 of 2024 and the same came to be allowed by an order dated 01.10.2024.
5. Learned APP opposes the anticipatory bail application.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is a woman, let petitioner, above-named, in the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.121 of 2026(2) dt.18-02-2026 3/3 event of her arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released 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 learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-IV, Patna City in connection with Agamkuan P.S. Case No.861 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sanjay/- U T