Binita Pandey @ Vineeta Pandey v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62261 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-12 Year-2025 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Rohtas ====================================================== 1.

Binita Pandey @ Vineeta Pandey w/o - Santosh Kumar Pandey Resident Of Village - Vineeta Nivas, New colony, In front of Science collge, Gobarsahi,PS-Sadar, Muzaffarpur 2.

Santosh Kumar Pandey Son of Late Sachchidanand Pandey Resident Of Village - Vineeta Nivas, New colony, In front of Science collge, Gobarsahi, PS-Sadar, Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

Archana Prabhat Wife of Shwetabh Vinnet Resident Of Village - villa, New Area, Station road, Dehri On son Dist- Rohtas ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shashank Chandra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Nawal Kishore Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-09-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 115(2), 85, 351(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023.

3. Allegation against petitioners is of commission of torture and cruelty to the informant/victim for dowry.

4. Petitioner no. 1 is mother-in-law and petitioner no. 2 is father-in-law of the informant/victim. Thrust of the accusation is against husband of the informant/victim.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62261 of 2025(2) dt.18-09-2025 2/2 Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with the family affairs of informant and her husband.

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

6. However, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation against these petitioners, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioners 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 learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Rohtas Mahila P.S. Case No. 12 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) K.C.Jha/- U T