Sahzahan Khatoon @ Shahjhan Khatoon v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; CR. MISC. No.71713 of 2025; decided 21-01-2026; Sandep Kumar, J (single judge); Sahzahan Khatoon @ Shahjhan Khatoon v. The State of Bihar; anticipatory bail granted; FIR Madhuban P.S. Case No. 532 of 2024, Thana Madhuban, District East Champaran; offences under BNS Sections 191(2), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 76, 352, 351(2), 351(3); conditions per Section 482 BNSS and Section 438(2) CrPC 1973; bail bond Rs.10,000 with two like sureties; surrender/arrest window of six weeks; forum: Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari; State opposed through APP Pronoti Singh; petitioner represented by Ranjana Srivastava.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail direction: in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from the date of order, the petitioner to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari, in connection with Madhuban P.S. Case No. 532 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482 of the BNSS / Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.