Md. Halim @ Halim Mian v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23452 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-337 Year-2025 Thana- CHAKAND District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.

Md. Halim @ Halim Mian S/O Late Md. Salim Resident Of Village - Piru Bigha Police Station- Chakand in the District Gaya 2.

Shabana Khatoon W/O Md. Halim @ Halim Mian Resident Of Village Piru Bigha Police Station Chakand District Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Braj Nandan Kumar Tiwary, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Raj Ballabh Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 18-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Chakand P.S. Case No. 337 of 2025 in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80(2), 3(5) of the BNS.

3. As per the prosecution case, the allegation against the petitioners is that they, along with other co-accused persons, mentally tortured the informant's daughter and strangulated her to death due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits at the outset that the petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23452 of 2026(2) dt.18-04-2026 2/3 the deceased and there are general and omnibus allegation against them. The petitioners are said to be staying separate from the deceased and her husband and are not concerned with their day to day affairs. It has been stated in paragraph-8 of the petition that the husband, who is primarily responsible for the death of the wife, has already surrendered on 24.01.2025 and since then he is in custody and charge-sheet against him has been submitted under Section 306 of the IPC considering the death as Asphyxia and shock caused due to hanging.

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

6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the fact that the petitioners are the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased, the husband is already in custody and charge-sheet has also been submitted against him under Section 306 of the IPC, 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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23452 of 2026(2) dt.18-04-2026 3/3 with Chakand P.S. Case No. 337 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) priyanka/- U T