Sharda Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51857 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-375 Year-2025 Thana- ALAMGANJ District- Patna ====================================================== 1.

Sharda Devi W/O Raghunath Rajak Mohalla- Koiri Tola, P.S.- Alamganj, District- Patna 2.

Raghu Nath Rajak S/O Late Ram Babu Rajak Mohalla- Koiri Tola, P.S.- Alamganj, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Raj Krishna Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Navin Kumar Pandey, A.P.P.

For the Informant :

Mr. Naresh Prasad Verma, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, informant and the State.

2. Petitioners apprehend arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 80, 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per prosecution case, daughter of the informant was married to co-accused Ritesh Kumar on 22.04.2024 thereafter, it is alleged that these petitioners along with other F.I.R. named accused persons killed the daughter of informant due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no. 1 is mother-in-law and petitioner no. 2 is father-inlaw of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51857 of 2025(2) dt.20-08-2025 2/2 against these petitioners. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and they are not concerned with family affairs of the deceased. Petitioners are simply victims of over implications. Moreover, thrust of accusation is against husband of the deceased who is already in custody since 08.04.2025. Petitioners have got clean antecedent.

5. Learned counsel for the informant vehemently opposed the bail application.

6. Considering the fact that husband of the deceased in already in custody, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioners in the event of their arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-VI, Patna City in connection with Alamganj P. S. Case No. 375 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T