Niro Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63071 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-203 Year-2024 Thana- HALSI District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Niro Devi WO Shri Navin Rawat Resident of Village- Kendih, P.S- Khaira, District- Jamui.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 10-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Halsi P.S. Case No. 203 of 2024 dated 04.07.2024, instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 85, 90, 115, 126(2), 303(2), 109, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The allegation against the petitioner is that she along with other family members used to torture and assault the informant for bringing Rs. 10 lakh from her maternal house as dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and she has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that petitioner is mother-in-law of the informant. It is further stated that husband of the informant i.e. son of petitioner has filed Matrimonial Case No. 58 of 2024

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63071 of 2025(2) dt.10-09-2025 2/2 for dissolution of marriage on 16.04.2024 and notices were issued in that case on 22.05.2024. After issuance of notice in Divorce case, the informant has filed the instant case to pressurize the petitioner and other family members. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner, rather, the allegation levelled against the petitioner is general and omnibus in nature. Lastly, it has been submitted that petitioner has no criminal antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest / surrender of the petitioner within a period of six weeks from today, in connection with Halsi P.S. Case No. 203 of 2024, she shall be released on anticipatory bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M. Ist Class, Lakhisarai, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Khatim Reza, J) Sankalp/- U T