Sharda Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11101 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-6 Year-2025 Thana- CHAPRA MUFFASIL District- Saran ====================================================== Sharda Devi Wife of Vijay Singh Resident of Village - Fakuli, P.S.- Chapra Mufassil, District - Saran. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sanjeet Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 18-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 80(2)/3(5) of the B.N.S.
3. Petitioner in association of other co-accused is said to have committed the murder of the daughter of the informant on nonfulfillment of demand of dowry.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner happens to be the mother-in-law of the deceased and the allegations made in the F.I.R. against the petitioner is general and omnibus in nature. It further appears that the marriage dates back to the year 2016 and there is no question of demand of dowry and consequent torture after lapse of so many years. In any view of the matter, there is no presumption of dowry death, as according to the prosecution case itself, the marriage is of more than nine years old. It is further submitted
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11101 of 2026(2) dt.18-02-2026 2/2 that the postmortem report also does not indicate that there could have been any intention to kill the deceased. Further, the other coaccused persons including the father-in-law, brother-in-law and even the husband of the petitioner have been granted bail vide order dated 26.05.2025 and 15.09.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No.33013 of 2025 and Cr. Misc. No.42940 of 2025 respectively.
5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail.
6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and also considering the fact that the petitioner is an old ailing mother-in-law of the deceased coupled with the fact that the other co-accused have already been granted bail by coordinate Benches of this Court, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Chapra Muffasil P.S. Case No. 06 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. (Soni Shrivastava, J) Trivedi/- U T