Rubi @ Rubi Khatun @ Ruby v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62528 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-42 Year-2025 Thana- VIJAYEPUR District- Gopalganj ====================================================== 1.
Rubi @ Rubi Khatun @ Ruby D/o Samiullah Shah @ Samiullah @ Samiullah Sah R/o Village- Rautari, P.S- Vijaipur, District- Gopalganj 2.
Sabania @ Shabana Khatun @ Shabana @ Sabaniya W/o Samiullah Shah @ Samiullah @ Samiullah Sah R/o Village- Rautari, P.S- Vijaipur, DistrictGopalganj .. ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Lokesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Rajendra Nath Jha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 15-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Vijayepur P.S. Case no.42 of 2025 registered under Sections 80 and 3(5) of the B.N.S Act, 2023.
3. As per the prosecution case, the informant states that all accused persons including the petitioners herein have caused the death of his daughter on account of non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners are the unmarried sister-in-law (nanad) and mother-in-law of the deceased. There is delay of three days in
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62528 of 2025(2) dt.15-09-2025 2/3 lodging of the F.I.R as the occurrence took place on 17.02.2025 and the F.I.R was lodged on 20.02.2025. The death of the deceased was caused by suicide and it is wrong to say that she had been done to death by strangulation. The informant was duly informed about the incident and he found the victim in a critical condition. However, after the death of the deceased no post-mortem examination was conducted. There is general and omnibus allegation leveled against them in the F.I.R with regard to demand of dowry. The petitioners are also staying separate in mess from the deceased and her husband. The petitioners undertake to co-operate in investigation/trial.
5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.
6. Considering the fact that the petitioners are the unmarried sister-in-law (nanad) and mother-in-law of the deceased, there is delay in lodging of the F.I.R and due information having been given to the informant, it is directed that the petitioners, above named, having no criminal antecedent in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Vijayepur P.S. Case no.42 of 2025 on each of them furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62528 of 2025(2) dt.15-09-2025 3/3 Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S, 2023.
(Soni Shrivastava, J) Harsh/- U T