Kamlawati Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4965 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-147 Year-2025 Thana- DAUDPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Kamlawati Devi Wife of Daroga sah Resident of Village - Soniya, PS.- Daudpur, District - Saran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Gajendra Nath Ojha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Pushpa Sinha.1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 04-02-2026 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner who apprehends arrest in connection with Daudpur P.S. Case No. 147/2025 lodged on 13.06.2025, for the offences punishable under sections 103(i) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. . As per the prosecution, the FIR has been lodged against three named accused persons, including the petitioner, alleging therein that all the accused, in connivance with each other, killed the daughter of the informant due to non-fulfillment of dowry demand.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence; however, due to false and frivolous allegations, the present FIR has been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4965 of 2026(2) dt.04-02-2026 2/2 lodged. It is further submitted that the petitioner, being the mother-in-law of the deceased, has no concern whatsoever with the alleged occurrence. In fact, she was not present at the place of occurrence on the alleged date, as she had gone to her maika. Moreover, the deceased was residing separately with her younger son. The petitioner has a clean antecedent.

5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for bail and submits that all the accused persons, including the petitioner, being the mother-in-law of the deceased, have committed the murder of the informant's daughter on account of non-fulfilment of dowry demand.

6. In this background, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in connection with the aforementioned case, pending before the learned Sessions Judge, Saran at Chapra is hereby rejected.

(Dr. Anshuman, J) Ashwini/- U T