Inova Devi @ Indra Devi Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2026)

Inova Devi @ Indra Devi Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Anticipatory bail: release on bail upon arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, on bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-III, Munger/concerned Court, subject to the conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioners, who apprehend arrest in Gangta P.S. Case No. 144 of 2025 (offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109(1), 352 and 3(5) of the BNS), should be released on anticipatory bail.

Court's answer

Anticipatory bail granted: the petitioners are to be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from the date of receipt of the order, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-III, Munger/concerned Court where Gangta P.S. Case No. 144 of 2025 is pending.

Ratio / Principle

The release on bail is subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail granted (Praveen Kumar, J, 08-04-2026) to Inova Devi @ Indra Devi and Nitish Kumar, who apprehended arrest in Gangta P.S. Case No. 144 of 2025 (District Munger) under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109(1), 352 and 3(5) of the BNS. As per the allegation, petitioner no. 1 assaulted the informant with a spade while coaccused including petitioner no. 2 assaulted the informant's husband and son, causing head injury to the husband and lathi/danda injuries to the son and daughter; the injured were treated at Kharagpur Hospital. Counsel for the petitioners pointed to a land dispute between the parties, a three-day delay in lodging the FIR, the lower court's finding (impugned order, para 6) that the injuries were simple in nature, and that petitioner no. 2 is a student; the APP opposed the prayer. The Court directed that on arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks of receipt of the order, the petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-III, Munger/concerned Court, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20127 of 2026

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-144 Year-2025 Thana- GANGTA District- Munger

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Inova Devi @ Indra Devi Wife of Shaligram Pandit Resident of Village - Ghughaladih, Police Station - Gangta and District - Munger.

Nitish Kumar Son of Shaligram Pandit Resident of Village - Ghughaladih, Police Station - Gangta and District - Munger.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey, APP

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER

2 08-04-2026

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned

Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Gangta P.S. Case No. 144 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115 (2), 109(1), 352 and 3 (5) of the BNS.

As per the allegation, petitioner no. 1 is alleged to have assaulted the informant by means of spade while other coaccused persons including the petitioner no. 2 assaulted upon the husband and son of the informant due to which husband of the informant sustained head injuries while the son and daughter

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of the informant also received injuries by means of lathi and danda, thereafter, all were taken to Kharagpur Hospital, where the informant and her husband were treated.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that there happens to be a land dispute between the parties. There is a delay of three days in lodging the FIR. He further draws attention of this Court to the impugned order in para 6 where the lower court has given a finding that the injuries sustained by injured persons are simple in nature while petitioner no. 2 is a student.

Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of the order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-III, Munger/concerned Court where the case is pending in connection with Gangta P.S. Case No. 144 of 2025, subject to

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the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Praveen Kumar, J)

khushbu/-

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