Anjali Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.54705 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-230 Year-2025 Thana- RAHUI District- Nalanda ====================================================== Anjali Devi W/O Rohit Yadav D/O Anil Yadav R/o Vill.- Baldhana, P.S - Chandi, District - Nalanda At Present R/O Vill.- Shivay Bigha, P.S.- Wena, Dist.- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Pankaj Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Naresh Ray ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 30-08-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 123, 80 and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman aged about 21 years and the informant alleges that his daughter was married to Manish about five years ago, out of the wedlock, a child was born who presently is aged about 8 months, further his Samdhi and son-in-law work in Surat in a private firm, next alleges that his daughter was tortured by her mother-in-law, Nanad and Dewar, further on 03.05.2025, his daughter was
2/4 poisoned to death by her mother-in-law, Nanad and Dewar, on receiving information, the informant reached the place of occurrence and found the dead body of his daughter lying in Khalihan.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that informant is not an eye witness to the occurrence. It is also submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the F.I.R., it would manifest that the dead body was found lying in the Khalihan. It is next submitted that had the petitioner been instrumental in poisoning the deceased in that event efforts would have been made to dispose of the dead body with a view to conceal the evidence, but then the dead body was sent for postmortem. It is also submitted that petitioner is married Nanad (sister of the husband of the deceased) and resides separately. It is next submitted that husband of the deceased had filed Matrimonial Case No.
268 of 2021 under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act seeking restitution of his conjugal rights, which amply demonstrates that the deceased was not having cordial relations with her husband.
3/4 alleged takes place, the entire family members are implicated in a mechanical manner. It is next submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will co-operate in the investigation to prove her innocence.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Rahui P.S. Case No. 230 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of BNSS.
7. However, it is made clear that in the event if the Investigating Officer of the case files an application before the learned Trial Court bringing to its notice that petitioner despite giving assurance to this Court is not co-operating in the investigation, in that event the learned Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.
4/4
8. Let a copy of this order be sent to the concerned police station through the learned Trial Court.
9. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application stands allowed.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T