Priti Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30793 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-317 Year-2021 Thana- TEKARI District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.
Priti Devi W/O Rajnish Kumar @ Devendra Kumar Patel R/O Vill.- Law, P.S.- Tekari, Dist.- Gaya Ji 2.
Rajnish Kumar @ Devendra Kumar Patel S/O Chhotu Prasad R/O Vill.- Law, P.S.- Tekari, Dist.- Gaya Ji ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Raj Kishor Prasad, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Nirmal Kumar Sinha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 06-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Tekari P.S. Case No. 317 of 2021 for the offence punishable under sections 304B & 201/34 of the IPC lodged on 08.07.2021 by the informant.
3. As per the prosecution case, the allegation against the petitioners is that they, in association with other co-accused persons, have committed the murder of the daughter of the informant due to non fulfillment of the dowry. Accordingly, the FIR.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are Gotni (sister-in-law) and Bhainsur (brother-in-
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30793 of 2026(2) dt.06-05-2026 2/3 law) of the deceased respectively and allegation against them is general and omnibus in nature. The husband of the deceased was taken into judicial custody and later on, he was enlarged on regular bail on 03.07.2023 vide Cr. Misc. No. 62060 of 2022 by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court. The father-in-law of the deceased has also been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 23.08.2022 in Cr. Misc. No. 20467 of 2022. These petitioners has got clean antecedent and they are Gotni (sister-in-law) and Bhainsur (brother-in-law) of the deceased.
5. Learned APP opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners and submits that a young life has been eliminated for the greed of petty dowry.
6. Considering the nature of allegations and father-inlaw and even husband of the deceased, as stated above, has been granted bail and the petitioners have got clean antecedent, this Court is inclined to extend them the privilege of anticipatory bail.
7. Let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of like
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30793 of 2026(2) dt.06-05-2026 3/3 amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Summet Kumar Singh, learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Gayaji/concerned court in connection with aforesaid PS Case, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS as well as the following conditions:- (i) one of the bailors should be the family member/relative of the petitioner(s) who shall provide official document 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 his/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; (iv) the petitioner(s) shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of his/their bail bonds.
(Ajit Kumar, J) perwez U T