Puniya Devi @ Poonam Devi v. The State of Bihar
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Anticipatory bail; High Court of Judicature at Patna; Criminal Miscellaneous No. 64695 of 2025; decided 24-02-2026; Justice Anil Kumar Sinha; Paliganj Police Station Case No. 517 of 2024 dated 21.12.2024; incident of 30.11.2024; Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 126, 115(2), 76, 109, 329(4), 303(2), 352, 351(3); Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 482(2); bail granted to petitioner nos. 1 and 5 (ladies, no specific allegation); refused to petitioner nos. 2, 3 and 4 (outraging modesty of minor grand daughter; grievous injury to informant); bail bond Rs. 10,000/- each with two like sureties; Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate Danapur, Patna; petitioners Puniya Devi @ Poonam Devi, Santosh Paswan @ Santosh Kumar, Raju Paswan @ Raju Kumar, Siya Vallam Paswan, Fulpanti Devi; Opposite Party: State of Bihar; counsel Prem Ranjan Kumar (petitioners), Zainul Abedin (Additional Public Prosecutor).