Aditi Shahi @ Aditi Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38943 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-277 Year-2021 Thana- BARHIYA District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Aditi Shahi @ Aditi Kumari W/o Late Piyush Shani, D/o Lalit Narayan Singh R/o Ward no 03 Dhanraj TOLA Barahia at present Piyush shahi complex Flat no 505 new dak bungalow road opposite N P center, Patna, Phulwari, Patna, P.S. - Kotwali, Distt. - Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Narayan Prasad Shahi s/o Late Rajendra Prasad Shahi R/o 5th Floor 505, Shahi Complex New Dak Bunglow Road, P.O .- G.P.O., P.S. - Gandhi Maidan, Distt. - Patna 3.

Smt. Veena Shahi W/o Sri Narayan Prasad Shahi R/o 5th Floor 505, Shahi Complex New Dak Bunglow Road, P.O.- G.P.O., P.S. - Gandhi Maidan, Distt. - Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Binod Kumar, APP For the O.P. Nos. 2 and 3:

Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 12-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the opposite parties no.2 and 3.

2. By the order dated 14.11.2022, anticipatory bail had been granted to the opposite parties no.2 and 3 by a Coordinate Bench of this Court, who were petitioners in the earlier application being Cr. Misc. No. 23664 of 2022.

3. The submissions advanced on behalf of opposite parties no.2 and 3 that they neither made any demand for dowry

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38943 of 2024(5) dt.12-01-2026 2/2 or drove her out of her matrimonial home and that they were ready to keep her with full honour and dignity was also taken into consideration. By the said order, a liberty had also been granted to either parties to make an application before the learned Court concerned for referring the matter to the District Mediation Center for the purpose of reconciliation or one time settlement. However, it appears that the mediation could not materialize as the opposite parties being father-in-law and mother-in-law, by virtue of their advanced age and other ailments, as submitted by the learned counsel for the opposite parties no. 2 and 3, are not in a position to attend the mediation proceedings.

4. In any view of the matter, the present case involves the anticipatory bail application of the old and ailing father-inlaw and mother-in-law and I see no reason to interfere with the said order granting anticipatory bail and in view of the same the present application is dismissed. However, the petitioner would always be at liberty to take recourse to other remedies available to her in law.

(Soni Shrivastava, J) anand/- U T