Sushila Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11082 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-267 Year-2025 Thana- KARJA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Sushila Devi wife of Bhadhyi Paswan Resident of village- Barkagaon, PSKarza, Dist- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Nachiketa Jha, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Bharat Bhushan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 08-07-2026 Heard Mr. Nachiketa Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Bharat Bhushan, learned APP representing the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Karza P.S. Case No. 267 of 2025 registered for the offence under Sections 80 of the B.N.S., lodged on 20.09.2025 by the informant, Kapal Paswan.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that her daughter was married to Chandan Kumar but was tortured for dowry and on 19.09.2025, the news came about her death as the accused managed to escape, the F.I.R.
4. In this case, the coordinate Bench had called for the case diary as also postmortem report and learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause of death has been recorded as asphyxia due to hanging. She is an aged (68 years old) motherin-law having no role to play in the matter, living separately.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11082 of 2026(6) dt.08-07-2026 2/3 Further, the husband has already surrendered and in custody since 17.06.2026, the lady is ready to cooperate in investigation/trial.
5. The surrender certificate has been provided by the learned counsel for the petitioner, let the same be kept on record.
6. Learned APP opposes the prayer submitting that though the cause of death has been recorded as asphyxia due to hanging, the situation that led to the alleged suicide has to be taken into account.
7. Considering the submissions of the parties as also the cause of death as recorded above, the petitioner is the mother-in-law, 68 years old having no criminal antecedent, the husband is behind the bar and an undertaking has been given that she shall be diligently appearing in trial before the Trial Court, in that background, this Court is inclined to extend her the privilege of anticipatory bail.
8. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Muzaffarpur (West), in connection with Karza P.S. Case No. 267 of 2025 subject to the following conditions:-
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11082 of 2026(6) dt.08-07-2026 3/3 (i) one of the bailor should be the family member/relative of the petitioner who shall provide official document (Aadhar Card/Voter Id/Driving License/Pan Card) to show his/her bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner shall be appearing before the Police Station as and when required for cooperating in the investigation;
(iii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his/her bail bond by the Trial Court itself;
(iv) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(v) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) vinayak/- U T