Prabhawati Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25906 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-209 Year-2025 Thana- CHARPOKHARI District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Prabhawati Devi W/O Yougal Yadav R/O Village- Dhandhauli, P.S.- Charpokhari, District- Bhojpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sunny Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Md. Matloob Rab, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 24-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Charpokhari P.S. Case No. 209 of 2025 in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80(2)/ 3(5) of the BNS Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, all the accused persons including this petitioner, killed the informant's daughter due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits, at the outset that the petitioner is the mother-in-law, who is a 65 years old lady and has no concern with the day-to-day affairs of the deceased and her husband. It is further submitted that the death had taken place on account of asphyxia due to hanging, which would be evident from the postmortem report which has been annexed with the supplementary affidavit filed on behalf of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25906 of 2026(2) dt.24-04-2026 2/2 petitioner. It is further submitted that the husband of the deceased, who is primary responsible for the welfare of his wife, has already surrendered on 18.11.2025 and since then, he is in custody.

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 petitioner is the mother-inlaw of the deceased and husband of the deceased is already in custody, let the above named petitioner, in the event of her 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) 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 Charpokhari P.S. Case No. 209 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