Sita Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.42947 of 2026, order dated 13-07-2026 by Justice Ranjan Kumar Jha. Anticipatory bail allowed to nine co-family petitioners (Sita Devi, Shambhu Paswan, Laxmina Devi @ Lakhiya Devi, Chhotelal Paswan, Sandip Paswan, Chandan Paswan, Sishil Paswan @ Sushil Paswan, Kalawati Devi, Patasi Devi @ Pataso Devi) in Raxaul P.S. Case No. 337 of 2025 under BNS Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 352, 351(2), 3(5). Grounds: simple injuries on informant's side per Para 7 of impugned order; omnibus allegation against eleven family members over passage dispute; clean antecedents. Conditions: surrender within four weeks; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- each with two like sureties before S.D.J.M., Raxaul at Motihari, East Champaran. Petitioner's counsel: Ajay Kumar Singh; State counsel: Sanjay Kumar Singh. No precedent cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to all nine petitioners in connection with Raxaul P.S. Case No. 337/2025, conditioned on surrender before the court below within four weeks in the event of arrest, furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Raxaul at Motihari, East Champaran.