Manju Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2602 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-187 Year-2025 Thana- SRIPUR District- Gopalganj ====================================================== 1.
Manju Devi Wife of Munilal Sah @ Munnilal Resident of Village - Rajapur (Ganesh Dumar) P.S- Sripur, District- Gopalganj 2.
Bijli Devi @ Vijali W/O Manoj Kumar @ Manoj Sah Resident of Village - Rajapur (Ganesh Dumar) P.S- Sripur, District- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Pankaj Kumar Dubey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Renu Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Sripur P.S. Case No. 187 of 2025 registered for the offences under Sections 80(2), 238, 3(5) of the B.N.S. and under Section 3⁄4 of the D.P. Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, the allegation against the petitioners is that they in connivance with the main accused, namely, Arjun Sah have killed the daughter of the informant for non-fulfillment of dowry.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent they have falsely been implicated in
2/4 this case. It has further been submitted that the allegations levelled against the petitioners are general and omnibus in nature and petitioner no. 1 is the mother-in-law and petitioner no. 2 is the sister-in-law (gotiya) of the deceased and there is no specific allegation levelled against them with regard to the killing of the informant's daughter. It has lastly been submitted that the petitioners carry clean antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the aforesaid submission, facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioners above named be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with 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 Sripur P.S. Case No. 187 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure read with corresponding Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S. as well as subject to the following conditions:- (i) One of the bailors of the petitioners shall be
3/4 their close relative.
(ii) The petitioners shall remain physically present in Court on each date of the trial.
(iii) In case of absence on two consecutive dates, or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioners will be liable to be cancelled by the Court concerned.
(iv) If the petitioners are found involved in similar nature of offence in future, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move for cancellation of his bail bond.
(v) The learned Court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioners and in case at any stage it is found that the petitioners have concealed their criminal antecedents, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.
7. Accordingly, the present application stands disposed of.
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8. It is made clear that the observations, if any, made in this order, shall be of no bearing during the trial. (Sourendra Pandey, J) aditya/- U