Sobha Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15671 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-25 Year-2024 Thana- Tetiyabumber District- Munger ====================================================== 1.

Sobha Devi Wife of Anirudh Paswan Resident of Village- Lagma PS- Tetia Bumbar District- Munger 2.

Sobha Devi Wife of Asamit Paswan @ Sasmit Paswan Resident of VillageLagma PS- Tetia Bumbar District- Munger ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rahul Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Pranav Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 12-08-2025 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 offence punishable under Sections 302, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The first information report is with regard to causing the death of the daughter of the informant by all the accused persons including the present petitioners.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners, at the outset, submits that the present case is one under Section 302 of the IPC and there is no allegation of any dowry demand and considering the same, the presumption clause would not be attracted. Further, both the petitioners are ladies and are separate from the deceased and her husband since last four years. Further, there is no eye witness to the case and as a matter of fact, the deceased herself had committed suicide and the present

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15671 of 2025(4) dt.12-08-2025 2/2 FIR was lodged after the postmortem report was also conducted since the postmortem report indicated that the death was due to asphyxia caused by strangulation. It has also been submitted that the father-in-law and the brother-in-law of the deceased have already been allowed regular bail after remaining in custody on grounds of general and omnibus allegation.

5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the application for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances and also considering that the petitioners are both ladies and were separate from the deceased, let the above named petitioners 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 Tetia Bambar P.S. Case No. 25 of 2024, 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) Trivedi/- U T