IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36264 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-200 Year-2024 Thana- KATHAIYA District- Muzaffarpur ======================================================

Arti Devi @ Arati Devi, D/o Kailash Khalifa, R/o Village-Nadel, P.S.- Bakhri, District- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Parties ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anshu Dhar Sharma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Navin Kumar Pandey, APP ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER

5 13-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The accused/petitioner is named in the FIR and apprehending her arrest in connection with Kathaiya P.S. Case No.200 of 2024 registered under Sections 137(2) and

96 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (in short ‘B.N.S.’).

3. As per FIR, the minor daughter of informant aged about 15 years found missing since 03.09.2024, where informant received a call on 21.09.2024, at about 1.30 a.m. from mobile No.8789169100 from