Rohit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4238 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-904 Year-2024 Thana- SASARAM NAGAR District- Rohtas ====================================================== 1.
ROHIT KUMAR S/o Late Loha Singh @ Laljeet Singh R/o Village- Chawar Takiya, P.S.- Sasarm (T), District- Rohtas at Sasaram 2.
Sona Kuar W/o Late Loha Singh @ Laljeet Singh R/o Village- Chawar Takiya, P.S.- Sasarm (T), District- Rohtas at Sasaram ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Raghunandan Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ravindra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 12-02-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State Mr. Ravindra Kumar.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80, 3(5) of the BNS, 2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have antecedent of one case and the informant alleges that his daughter was married to Raushan on 11.03.2024, further alleges that the accused persons including the petitioners were demanding motorcycle and a golden chain and for nonfulfillment of the demand, his daughter was tortured, further Rohit (petitioner no.1) on 05.11.2024 called and informed that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4238 of 2025(2) dt.12-02-2025 2/3 victim was unwell, accordingly the informant reached the place of occurrence and saw the dead body of his daughter, thus alleges that his daughter was killed by the accused persons for non-fulfillment of the demand of dowry.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case being brother-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased. It is next submitted that even allegation of demand of dowry and torture is general and omnibus in nature. It is further submitted that the entire allegation hinges on suspicion. It is next submitted that had the petitioners been involved in the occurrence in that event the efforts would have been made to conceal the evidence by disposing of the dead body but then the dead body was found lying in the house. It is also submitted that postmortem of the dead body was conducted and the doctor opined that the cause of death to be asphyxia due to hanging. It is next submitted that whenever any dispute arises in between the husband and the wife and an occurrence of the nature as alleged takes place, the entire family members are implicated in a mechanical manner with general and omnibus allegation. It is next submitted that petitioners will not abscond rather will co-operate in the investigation to prove their innocence.
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5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Sasaram (T) P.S. Case No.904/2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T