Kaushalya Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19428 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-302 Year-2025 Thana- CHAKAND District- Gaya ====================================================== Kaushalya Devi Wife of Krishna Prasad Resident of Village - Bitho Sarif, P.S.- Chakand, District - Gaya.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Gajendra Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Shantanu Kumar, APP For the Informant :

Ms. Sonam Kumari, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 13-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant.

2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 80(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per the prosecution case, informant solemnized the marriage of his daughter with co-accused Dharmendra Kumar on 30.04.2025. After sometime of marriage, the husband and in laws of informant's daughter started torturing and ill treating her. It is further alleged that on 17.10.2025, all the accused persons including the petitioner killed the informant's daughter by poisoning her.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19428 of 2026(3) dt.13-05-2026 2/3 petitioner is mother-in-law of the deceased and has falsely been implicated in the present case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the accused persons including the petitioner. No specific overt act is alleged against the petitioner. Petitioner is separate in mess and business of the deceased and her husband. Further submission is that the husband of the deceased is already under custody. The charge-sheet has been submitted after investigation. Similarly situated co-accused persons, namely, Krishna Prasad (father-in-law of the deceased) and Kiran Devi (sister-in-law of the deceased) have already been granted anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 02.04.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 17604 of 2026. Petitioner is in custody since 29.12.2025 having no criminal antecedent and she undertakes to co-operate in the trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant oppose the bail application of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the fact that charge-sheet has been submitted, clean antecedent of the petitioner and period of custody undergone, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19428 of 2026(3) dt.13-05-2026 3/3 learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-V, Gaya/concerned Court in connection with Chakand P.S. Case No. 302 of 2025. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) utkarsh/- U T