Rupa Kumari @ Anshu Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36131 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-168 Year-2024 Thana- JANDAHA District- Vaishali ====================================================== 1.

Rupa Kumari @ Anshu Devi D/O Bharat Paswan Resident of VillageMukundpur Bhath, Police Station- Jandaha, District- Vaishali. 2.

Sunita Devi @ Rinku Wife of Bulen Paswan @ Abhay Paswan Resident of Village- Mukundpur Bhath, Police Station- Jandaha, District- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State Of Bihar Patna 2.

Prakash Paswan Son of Ram Babu Paswan R/O Village- Kasturi Sarai, P.S.- Harilochanpur (Patepur), District- Vaishali at Hajipur ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sachin Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shantanu Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Jandaha P.S Case No. 168/2024 dated 31.05.2024 registered for the offence punishable u/s 304B and 201 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioners and the co-accused persons are alleged to have killed the daughter of the informant due to non-fulfillment of demand of motorcycle as dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36131 of 2025(2) dt.02-07-2025 2/2 implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioners who are sister-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased. The petitioners neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. The other co-accused persons have been granted bail by the co-ordinate bench of this court vide order dated 22.10.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 70580/2024. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer of anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Jandaha P.S Case No. 168/2024, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

7. This application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) atul/- U T