Gobardhan Mandal v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13731 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-542 Year-2025 Thana- PIRPAINTI District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== 1.

Gobardhan Mandal S/o Late Bouku Mandal R/o Vill- Tadwa, PS- Pirpainti, District- Bhagalpur 2.

Lalmuni Devi W/o Gobardhan Mandal R/o Vill- Tadwa, PS- Pirpainti, District- Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rajive Ranjan Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Raj Kishor Singh For the Informant Ms. Shristi Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 18-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the informant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80, 3(5) of the B.N.S.

3. Petitioners along with other accused persons are said to have committed murder of the daughter of the informant for nonfulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are old father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased and no specific overt act has been alleged against them rather petitioners reside separately and they are both aged about 76 and 72 years respectively. Further, the postmortem report also indicates that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13731 of 2026(2) dt.18-03-2026 2/2 the death has been caused due to asphyxia and shock it is consistent with antemortem hanging. Further, the husband of the deceased, who is primarily responsible for the welfare of his wife, is already in custody which has been specifically stated in paragraph-11 of the petition.

5. Learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant have opposed the application for anticipatory bail on the basis of allegations made in the First Information Report.

6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the fact that the petitioners are old aged father-in-law and mother-in-law with no specific allegations coupled with the fact that the husband of the deceased is already in custody, let the petitioners above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each 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 Pirpainti P.S. Case No. 542 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S. (Soni Shrivastava, J) devendra/- U T