Nitu Kumari @ Nitu Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3292 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-290 Year-2025 Thana- WAJIRGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.

Nitu Kumari @ Nitu Devi W/o Akhilesh Kumar @ Guddu Singh Resident of Village- Dakhingaon, P.S.- Wazirganj, District- Gaya, Bihar 2.

Ankit Kumar S/o Akhilesh Kumar @ Guddu Singh Resident of VillageDakhingaon, P.S.- Wazirganj, District- Gaya, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. N.K. Agrawal, Sr. Advocate Mr. Praveen Kumar, Advocate Ms. Anju Kumari Sinha, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Nagendra Prasad, APP For the Informant :

Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 26-02-2026 Heard learned Senior counsel for the petitioners, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the Informant.

2. The instant application for anticipatory bail has been filed by the petitioners apprehending their arrest in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No. 290 of 2025 instituted for the offence under Sections 103(1) & 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (in short 'BNS').

3. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that the petitioners along with others have taken Rupees Four lakh from Kunal Kumar due to some land dispute and started threatening on demand of the cash. It is further alleged that the brother of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3292 of 2026(3) dt.26-02-2026 2/3 the informant, namely, Kunal Kumar was called out of the house and Nitish Kumar in connivance with two unknown persons, first of all fired at the brother of the informant and after that at his father. Both of them succumbed to the injuries.

4. Learned Senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners has submitted that petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence. They have been falsely implicated in this case. Learned Senior counsel for the petitioners has further submitted that from perusal of the FIR itself it is clear that there is direct allegation against Nitish Kumar of firing. There is no any allegation against these petitioners. They are only raised as accused. Learned Senior counsel for the petitioners has further submitted that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent.

5. Learned counsel for the Informant has vehemently opposed the bail to the petitioners.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and in the facts and circumstances of the case as stated above, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioners on bail. The petitioners are directed to surrender in the Court below within a period of four weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No. 290 of 2025, they will be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3292 of 2026(3) dt.26-02-2026 3/3 Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) each of them with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-Xth, Gaya Jee, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of B.N.S.S. (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) durgesh/- U T