Chandrakali Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24300 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-15 Year-2026 Thana- GOH District- Aurangabad ====================================================== 1.
Chandrakali Devi S/o Mahendra Yadav R/o Village - Chamanpura, P.S. - Goh, District - Aurangabad.
2.
Sunita Devi W/o Ashok Yadav R/o Village - Chamanpura, P.S. - Goh, District - Aurangabad.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Rakesh Singh, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Jitendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 08-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Goh P.S. Case No. 15 of 2026 dated 17.01.2026 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80, 85, 126(2), 115(2), 351(3), 352, 3(5) of the B.N.S. and Section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
3. As per prosecution case, the accusation against the accused persons including the petitioners is of committing murder of the Informant's sister namely Sanju Devi (deceased) for non-fulfillment of dowry demand.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24300 of 2026(2) dt.08-07-2026 2/3 petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case. The petitioners are the mother-in-law and sister-inlaw (Gotni) of the deceased and were residing separately. The allegations made against the petitioners are general and omnibus in nature, and no specific allegation has been made against either of them. It has next been submitted that the husband of the deceased has already been granted regular bail vide order dated 22.06.2026 passed by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 39685 of 2026 and the children borne out of the wedlock are residing with them and are being cared and nourished by the petitioners. It is lastly submitted that the petitioners bear no criminal antecedent.
5. On the other hand, the learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioners.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering that nothing specific has been alleged against the petitioners and the husband of the deceased has already been granted regular bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court and, as also, the petitioners having no criminal antecedent, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24300 of 2026(2) dt.08-07-2026 3/3 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Daudnagar, Dist. Aurangabad in connection with Goh P.S. Case No. 15 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. as well as the following conditions:
(i) One of the bailors should be the family member/relative/known of the petitioner(s) who shall provide official document / personal affidavit to show his/her bona fide; (ii) the petitioner(s) shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of their bail bond by the Trial Court itself;
(iii) the petitioner(s) shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds.
(Ajit Kumar, J) rishi/- U T