Mirtunjay Kumar @ Chhotu v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66747 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-802 Year-2024 Thana- BHOJPUR COMPLAINT CASE District- Bhojpur ====================================================== 1.

Mirtunjay Kumar @ Chhotu son of Upendra Sharma Resident of VillageEkwari, ps- Sahar, Dist- Bhojpur 2.

Upendra Sharma son of Late Parasnath Sharma Resident of Village- Ekwari, ps- Sahar, Dist- Bhojpur 3.

Bebi Devi Wife of Upendra Sharma Resident of Village- Ekwari, ps- Sahar, Dist- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

Swati Priya @ Binni wife of Sonu Kumar Resident of Village- Ekwari, psSahar, Dist- Bhojpur Presently Resident of Village- Lodipur, Ps- Chandi, Dist- Bhojpur ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Yogendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 23-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Bhojpur Complaint Case No. 802 of 2024 registered for the offence under Sections 341, 323, 498(A), 379, 504, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, petitioners are alleged to have assaulted the victim.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66747 of 2025(4) dt.23-02-2026 2/3

4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners are innocent and they have falsely been implicated in this case. It is next submitted that petitioners are father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law of the victim. It is lastly submitted that the husband of the victim has been granted regular bail by the court below. Petitioner no. 3 has clean antecedent and petitioner nos. 1 and 2 has one clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant have jointly opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

6. Considering the submission of the parties and in view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273 , this application of grant of anticipatory bail is allowed.

7. Let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the concerned Court below within four weeks from today, be released 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 the learned Judicial Magistrate -1st Class, Bhojpur at Ara/ concerned Court below in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66747 of 2025(4) dt.23-02-2026 3/3 connection with Bhojpur Complaint Case No. 802 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 482 of the BNSS. (Sandeep Kumar, J) tusharika/- U T