Urmila Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30491 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-303 Year-2025 Thana- KALYANPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.
URMILA DEVI Wife of Jaylal Mahto Resident of Village - Phulwariya Rajdhar, Police Station - Kalyanpur, District - East Champaran (Bihar). 2.
Jay Lal Mahto Son of Mahindra Mahto Resident of Village - Phulwariya Rajdhar, Police Station - Kalyanpur, District - East Champaran (Bihar). ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwari, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Mritunjya Kr Nirala, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 21-07-2026 Heard learned Advocate for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Kalyanpur P.S. Case No. 303 of 2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 80, 238(b) & 3(5) of the BNS.
3. Allegedly, the marriage of the informant's daughter was solemnized on 09.06.2025. Despite sufficient dowry given at the time of marriage, the accused persons kept on demanding further dowry and owing to non-fulfillment of the same, she was tortured in various ways and finally she was done to death on
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4. Learned Advocate for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are none-else, but the parents-in-law and have noting to do with the day to day affairs of the deceased and her husband, besides they were separated in mess and business. Soon after the alleged occurrence, the informant of the case along with other persons have caused the death of the husband of the deceased and for which another FIR, bearing Kalyanpur P.S. Case No. 322 of 2025, has been instituted. It is further contended that subsequently, the good sense have prevailed between the parties and now they are not willing to proceed in the cases. The petitioners are ready to co-operate in the FIR.
5. On the other hand, learned Advocate for the State vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that the deceased died within a year of the marriage in unnatural circumstances and, preceding her death, there was a demand of dowry therefore, there is every material, which constitute the offence under Section 80 of the BNS.
6. Having considered the submissions advanced by the learned Advocates for the respective parties and taking note of the fact that the petitioners are none-else, but the parents-inlaw residing separately, besides there is a subsequent case
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30491 of 2026(3) dt.21-07-2026 3/3 instituted by one of the members of the petitioners' side, as also the fact that the petitioners are ready to co-operate in the trial, let the petitioners abovenamed be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-12, Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with Kalyanpur P.S. Case No. 303 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with the further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioners. (Harish Kumar, J) sumit/- U T