Anticipatory bail appeal by an accused in an FIR alleging a coerced sale deed from a mentally disturbed person and subsequent caste abuse and assault. The court found accusations general and omnibus and the dispute civil in nature, allowed the appeal, set aside the rejection order and granted anticipatory bail on parity.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.422 of 2024
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-340 Year-2023 Thana- RAJAPAKAR District- Vaishali
======================================================
Sima Devi W/O PRAMOD KUMAR R/O VILLAGE- BAKHARI SUPAYAN,PS.- RAJAPAKAR, DIST. VAISHALI.
... ... Appellant/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate For the State : Ms. Usha Kumari 1, Spl.PP For the Informant : Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Advocate ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER
3 13-11-2025
Heard learned counsel appearing for the appellant, learned Spl.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant/Respondent No. 2.
08.09.2023, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this appellant, got executed a sale deed from mentally disturbed son
Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.422 of 2024(3) dt.13-11-2025 2/4
of informant, namely Rahul Kumar, without giving any consideration money. It is further alleged that after knowing this fact, on 14.09.2023 at about 6 PM, when the informant along with his son went to the house of accused persons and demanded the consideration money, all of hem abused her by caste name, committed maar - peet and outraged her modesty.
Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.422 of 2024(3) dt.13-11-2025 3/4
Atrocities) Act is made out against the appellant. Similarly situated co-accused person has already been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Hon’ble Court vide order dated 16.04.2024 passed in Cr. Appeal (SJ) No. 552 of 2024. Appellant claims clean antecedents.
Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.422 of 2024(3) dt.13-11-2025 4/4
learned Exclusive Special Judge, SC/ST Act-cum-A.D.J., Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Rajapakar P.S. Case No. 340 of 2023.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J)
shashank/-
U T
1 issue framed by the court
Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the appellant where allegations are general and omnibus and the dispute is essentially civil over a land sale.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Sima Devi
The State of Bihar
Prabhat Kumar Singh
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
