Vishaka Devi @ Visokha Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.61758 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-379 Year-2023 Thana- GAIGHAT District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== 1.
Vishaka Devi @ Visokha Devi W/o- Vibhuti Singh Resident of VillageDurgapur Godhi Tola, P.S. Katihar Town, District- Katihar 2.
Priyanka Bharti W/o- Late Manish Kumar Singh Village- Sakreli PsSemapur Dist- Katihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioners :
Mr. Brajesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-09-2025 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 304B, 120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that marriage of sister of informant was solemnized with co-accused Rahul Kumar on 29.05.2023 as per Hindu rites and rituals. It is alleged that thereafter, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including these petitioners, committed torture and harassment with the victim due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry and later on, committed her murder.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.61758 of 2025(2) dt.09-09-2025 2/3
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. Petitioners have falsely been implicated in this case merely because Petitioner No. 1 happens to be cousin mother-in-law and Petitioner No. 2 happens to be married sister-in-law of the deceased. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with the affairs of the deceased and her husband. Informant is not an eye witness of the alleged occurrence. There is no specific accusation of overt act or demand of dowry against these petitioners. Thrust of accusation is against husband of deceased who is already in custody. Petitioners are ladies and claim clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the 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.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.61758 of 2025(2) dt.09-09-2025 3/3 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Cheif Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in connection with Gaighat P.S. Case No. 379 of 2023, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T