Kanti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16548 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-389 Year-2024 Thana- CHIRAIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.

Kanti Devi W/o Kishun Rai Resident of village- Semradhadh, P.S.- Chiraiya, Distt.- East Champaran 2.

Kishun Rai S/o Late Jay Mangal Prasad Resident of village- Semradhadh, P.S.- Chiraiya, Distt.- East Champaran 3.

Ravishankar Rai @ Ravi Rai S/o Kishun Rai Resident of villageSemradhadh, P.S.- Chiraiya, Distt.- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Abhishek Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ajay Kumar Jha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 103(1), 238, 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023.

3. As per prosecution case, daughter of informant was married with co-accused Prem Rai in the year 2023 and after the marriage, she was subjected to cruelty and harassment by the accused persons for dowry and lastly, on 01.10.2024, the informant received an information that all the accused persons have committed the murder of her daughter.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16548 of 2025(2) dt.08-04-2025 2/2

4. Petitioner no. 1 is father-in-law, petitioner no. 2 is mother-in-law and petitioner no. 3 is brother-in-law of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation. Thrust of the accusation is against husband of the deceased, who is already in custody. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with the family affairs of deceased and her husband.

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

6. However, considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioners, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Sikrahana at Dhaka, East Champaran in connection with Chiraiya P.S. Case No. 389 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay U T