IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11518 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-475 Year-2025 Thana- RUPASPUR District- Patna ======================================================

1. Poonam Devi W/o Santosh Kumar Chaudhary R/o Mohalla - Chamarichak Jamsaut, P.S. - Shahpur, Distt. - Patna.

2. Priya Sinha @ Priya Kumari D/o Santosh Kumar Chaudhry D/o Santosh Kumar Chaudhary(incorrectly mentioned in the impugned order as D/o Santosh Kumar Sinha) @ W/o Marut Nandan @ Maruti Nandan, R/o Village - Ward no. 6, Basauri Basuri, P.S. - Sikrahta, Dist. - Bhojpur at Ara.

... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Suneil Kumar Thakur For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Madan Kumar ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH ORAL ORDER

2 24-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioners have preferred this application for grant of anticipatory bail in connection with Rupaspur P. S. Case No. 475 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316(2), 318(4) of BNS

3. Prosecution case as per the written report of the informant, Ranjan Kumar Chaudhry, Sales Manager at Jana Small Finance Bank is that petitioner no. 1 had mortgaged her gold ornaments with the bank and, due to default in payment of interest, the gold was liable to be auctioned. Petitioner no. 1 allegedly sought a personal loan of Rs. 2,65,000/- in the name of her daughter (petitioner no. 2) to prevent the auction. The informant advanced the said amount in good faith, enabling closure of the gold loan account and release of the mortgaged gold. It is alleged that thereafter the petitioners absconded, switched off their mobile phones, and refused to repay the amount, thereby dishonestly misappropriating the informant’s money, leading to registration of the present FIR.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are quite innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. No occurrence as alleged in the FIR taken place rather the informant has filed the instant false case with some ulterior motives. He further submits that no criminal offence is made out against the petitioners as the transaction, if any, was purely of civil nature. Petitioners are lady having clean antecedent as per statement made in para 3 of the petition.

5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioners.

6. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts and considering the clean antecedent of the petitioners as well as civil/money dispute between the parties, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioners on anticipatory bail. Let the petitioners, above named, be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production a copy of this order, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M. II, Danapur in connection with Rupaspur P. S. Case No. 475 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section

482(2) of BNSS.

(S. B. Pd. Singh, J)

prabhakar/-

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