Ramayan Chauhan @ Ramayan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9408 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-140 Year-2024 Thana- NARDIGANJ District- Nawada ====================================================== 1.

Ramayan Chauhan @ Ramayan Kumar Son of Ram Awadh Chauhan @ Ram Abodh Chauhan @ Ram Abodhay Chauhan Resident of VillageJorabar Bigha, P.S.- Nardiganj, Distt.- Nawadah 2.

Kavita Kumari Wife of Ramayan Chauhan @ Ramayan Kumar Resident of Village- Jorabar Bigha, P.S.- Nardiganj, Distt.- Nawadah ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioners :

Mr. Ram Prawesh Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Tarun Prasad Mandal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 29-04-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 304B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. It is a case of dowry death. The prosecution story, in brief, is that marriage of daughter of informant was solemnized with co-accused Dularchand Chauhan in the year 2023 as per Hindu rites and rituals. It is alleged that after marriage, all the accused persons named in the F.I.R., including these petitioners, subjected daughter of informant to cruelty and harassment due to non-fulfillment of additional demand of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9408 of 2025(2) dt.29-04-2025 2/3 dowry and later, they killed her.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. Petitioner No. 1 is elder brother-inlaw (Bhaisur) and Petitioner No. 2 is sister-in-law (Gotni) of the deceased and they are victim of overt implication. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with the affairs of the deceased and her husband. Thrust of accusation is against husband of deceased, who has already been granted regular bail by the learned trial court. Petitioners claim clean antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

6. Considering the general and omnibus nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the petitioners, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9408 of 2025(2) dt.29-04-2025 3/3 Judicial Magistrate II, Nawadah in connection with Nardiganj P.S. Case No. 140 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T