Rekha Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41036 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-44 Year-2026 Thana- GURUA District- Gaya ====================================================== Rekha Devi W/o Late Dinesh Prasad Resident of Village - Raksha, P.S - Gurua, District - Gaya, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Manoj Priyadarshi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
For the State :
Mr. Binod Kumar, APP For the Informant :
Mr. Birendra Kumar Singh, Adv.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 01-07-2026 Heard Mr. Manoj Priyadarshi, learned Senior Advocate for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The informant is represented through Mr. Birendra Kumar Singh, learned Advocate.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with Gurua P.S. Case No. 44 of 2026, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 80 and 3(5) of the BNS.
3. The marriage of the sister of the informant was solemnized with the son of the petitioner. Allegedly, at the time of marriage, valuable gifts and Rupees Five Lakhs additional cash were given. Despite fulfillment of demand, the accused persons kept on torturing the victim and just before a day of incidence, she was called upon in the matrimonial home and
2/4 was done to death. The petitioner along with other family members are said to be involved in the crime.
4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is none else but the mother-in-law of the deceased and no specific allegation of any overt act has been levelled. The entire incidence and the manner in which the victim has committed suicide has been captured in CCTV cameras installed in the seeds and pesticides shop run by the family members. In fact, on the alleged date of occurrence, the deceased purchased some pesticides and later on she consumed the same. During the course of postmortem, no external antemortem injury has been found on the body and since cause of death has not been ascertained, viscera has been sent for FSL report. Taking note of the aforesaid fact, the husband of the deceased has been extended the privilege of regular bail by a Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 41528 of 2026 vide order dated 25.
06.2026, copy of which is placed on record. The false implication of the husband of the deceased, along with others, is also writ large, inasmuch as, on the alleged date of occurrence, he was in Gujarat. Despite the aforesaid fact, his name has also been implicated in the present case.
5. On the other hand, learned Advocates for the State
3/4 and the informant vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that the petitioner happens to be mother-in-law, who was instrumental in causing torture and with the help of other accused persons, the victim was done to death. Besides the aforesaid submission, learned Advocate for the informant also submitted that just a day before occurrence, she was called upon in the matrimonial home where she was done to death; the presence of the petitioner in the house clearly suggests his complicity in the crime.
6. Having considered the submissions advanced by the learned Senior Advocate/Advocates for the respective parties and taking note of the fact that the petitioner happens to be mother-in-law and there is no specific allegation, besides during course of investigation the entire incidence of suicide has been captured in CCTV footage, let the petitioner abovenamed be released on bail, in the event of her 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.20,000/- (twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Sherghati, Gayaji in connection with Gurua P.S. Case No. 44 of 2026, subject to the conditions laid
4/4 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 petitioner. (Harish Kumar, J) Anjani/- U T