Manisha Kumari v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65243 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-143 Year-2025 Thana- NOWKOTHI GARHPURA DistrictBegusarai ====================================================== Manisha Kumari Wife of Chhotu Kumar @ Kare, D/O- Raju Ram R/O Village- Garhara (Thakurichak, Ward No.3), P.S.- Garhara, DistrictBegusarai ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shreekant Vaidya, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ramchandra Sahni, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 17-09-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. The petitioner in this application prays for bail apprehending her arrest in connection with Nawkothi P.S. Case no.143 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under sections 61(2), 103 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
3. As per the prosecution case, the informant states that her daughter, who was married to Vikash Kumar in the year 2018, was physically and mentally tortured by the six named accused persons including the petitioner herein. She was ultimately done to death. It is further stated that the husband of the deceased daughter of the informant was having an extra marital affair with the petitioner.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65243 of 2025(2) dt.17-09-2025 2/3 the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. From the contents of the FIR itself, it would transpire that she is not a member of the family of the husband of the deceased. She is married to one Chhotu Kumar and is living separately at her sasural in village Garhara Thakurichak (Ward no.3), Police Station Garhara in the district of Begusarai. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. It is further submitted that as per the post-mortem report, the daughter of the informant died as a result of hanging and the cause of death has been opined to be asphyxia due to hanging.
5. The application for bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegations against the petitioner in the FIR, the petitioner not being a member of the family of the husband of the deceased, her being married to Chhotu Kumar and living at the address stated herein above together with the petitioner not having any criminal antecedent, it is directed that the petitioner, above named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Nawkothi P.S. Case no.143 of 2025 on furnishing bail bond of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65243 of 2025(2) dt.17-09-2025 3/3 Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai.
(Partha Sarthy, J) Saurabh/- U T