Radhika Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3922 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-477 Year-2024 Thana- SAKRA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== 1.
Radhika Devi Wife of Chandeshwar Ram Resident of Village - Lautan, Sadikpur, P.S. - Sakra, District- Muzaffarpur 2.
Chandeshwar Ram Son of Late Gena Ram Resident of Village - Lautan, Sadikpur, P.S. - Sakra, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Alok Kumar Alok, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nitya Nand Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State.
2. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 80(2), 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. Prosecution case in brief is that the sister of the informant was married with co-accused namely Lalbabu Ram on 28.04.2024 and it is alleged that after sometime of marriage, the petitioners started demanding dowry and on 10.09.2024 when the informant went to matrimonial house of his sister, he saw that his sister was lying dead. Informant suspects that due to non- fulfillment of demand of dowry, all the accused persons including petitioners killed his sister.
4. Petitioner no. 1 is mother-in-law and petitioner no.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3922 of 2025(2) dt.19-02-2025 2/2 2 is father-in-law of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation against them. As a matter of fact, the deceased committed suicide. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and they are not concerned with the affairs of the deceased. Moreover, thrust of accusation is against husband of deceased and petitioners are simply victims of over implication. Petitioners have clean antecedent.
5. Learned counsel for the State opposed the bail petition .
6. Considering the aforesaid facts, clean antecedent of the petitioner and other circumstances of the case, this bail application is allowed. In the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M. 15th (East), Muzaffarpur in connection with Sakra P.S. Case No. 477 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 .
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Suruchi/- U T