Monu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13108 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-187 Year-2024 Thana- DEEPNAGAR District- Nalanda ====================================================== 1.

Monu Kumar S/O Rambalak Kewat R/O Village- Badri Bigha (Chakdilabar), P.O- Tungi, P.S- Deepnagar, Distt.- Nalanda, Bihar. 2.

Rekha Devi W/O Rambalak Kewat R/O Village- Badri Bigha (Chakdilabar), P.O- Tungi, P.S- Deepnagar, Distt.- Nalanda, Bihar. 3.

Sonu Kumar S/O Rambalak Kewat R/O Village- Badri Bigha (Chakdilabar), P.O- Tungi, P.S- Deepnagar, Distt.- Nalanda, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mrityunjay Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sucheta Yadav, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-06-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304B, 354, 498A, 120B and 201 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioners and the co-accused persons are alleged to have threatened the informant's sister that they would kill her if demand of Rs. 1 lakh and a motorcycle as dowry would not be fulfilled. Further, the petitioners misbehaved with the informant's sister. When she objected, the petitioners and the co-accused persons in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13108 of 2025(3) dt.20-06-2025 2/3 connivance with one another killed the informant's sister due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry and informed the informant that her sister fled away. On search, the informant found his sister near Goithawa river where after digging the ground his sister's dead body was recovered.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioners. The petitioner nos. 1 and 3 are maternal cousin (Mausera Bhai) and the petitioner no.2 is the maternal aunt (Mausi) of the husband of the deceased. The petitioners neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. The petitioners have no concern with the alleged offence. The petitioners have no antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 23.04.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 20712 of 2025.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13108 of 2025(3) dt.20-06-2025 3/3 enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Deepnagar P.S. Case No. 187 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T