Sudama Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1666 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-224 Year-2024 Thana- BARHARA KOTHI District- Purnia ====================================================== 1.

Sudama Devi W/O Rajendra Paswan Resident of village- Maldiha, PSBarhara District- Purnia 2.

Rajendra Paswan S/O Late Badri Paswan Resident of village- Maldiha, PSBarhara District- Purnia ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. N.K.Agrawal, Sr.Adv.

Dr. Bidhu Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Yogendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 80(2), 61(2), 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per prosecution case, on 20.09.2024 at about 5 PM, the son-in-law of informant informed her that her daughter Baby committed suicide by hanging. It is further alleged that one day before the occurrence, the son-in-law of informant on mobile made a demand of Rs. 5 lacs, washing machine, freeze etc., as dowry and as such, all the accused persons including petitioners killed her daughter due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1666 of 2025(2) dt.11-02-2025 2/2

4. Petitioner no. 1 is mother-in-law and petitioner no. 2 is father-in-law of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation. Thrust of the accusation is against husband of the deceased, who is already in custody. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with the family affairs of deceased and her husband.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail 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. 1st, Purnia in connection with Barhara Kothi P.S. Case No. 224 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay U T