Patna High Court
CR. MISC./57637/2026 of Champa Devi Vs The State of Bihar on 19 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57637 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-277 Year-2024 Thana- JHAJHA District- Jamui ====================================================== Champa Devi W/o - Sarwan Paswan R/o Vill - Keshopur, P.S. - Jhajha, Dist.- Jamui ... ...
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57637 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-277 Year-2024 Thana- JHAJHA District- Jamui ======================================================
Champa Devi W/o - Sarwan Paswan R/o Vill - Keshopur, P.S. - Jhajha, Dist.- Jamui
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Umesh Prasad, Advocate
For the State
:
Mr. Uday Pratap Singh, APP
For the Informant
:
Mr. Brajesh Sahay, Advocate
Ms. Harshita, Advocate
Ms. Amrita Kumari, Advocate
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CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA
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ORAL ORDER
19-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 85 and 80(2) read with Section 3(5) of the BNS.
3. As per the prosecution case, all the accused persons including the petitioner are said to have committed murder of the informant’s daughter by strangulating her.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the present FIR discloses that as many as eight persons entered the house and strangulated the informant’s daughter to death but the deceased had actually committed suicide. The petitioner is one of the accused, who happens to be the mother-in-law of the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57637 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026
deceased. There are general and omnibus allegations against all the accused persons and the husband of the deceased, who is primarily responsible for welfare of his wife, has already been granted regular bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 23.06.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 71385 of 2025. Further, the other accused persons being sister-in-law and her husband have already been extended the privilege of anticipatory bail by another co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 04.11.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 73702 of 2025 (Annexure P/2 series). The petitioner is a lady of clean antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the application for anticipatory bail.
6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the fact that the petitioner happens to be the mother-in-law of the deceased and has been attributed general and omnibus allegations coupled with the fact that other similarly situated co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail, let the above named petitioner, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57637 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026
two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Jhajha P.S. Case No. 277 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
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