Kajoma Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73808 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-300 Year-2025 Thana- JAMUI District- Jamui ====================================================== 1.
Kajoma Devi W/o- Bablu Sharma @ Bablu Kumar Vill-Sherpur P.sMarachi Dist-Patna 2.
Bablu Sharma @ Bablu Kumar S/o- Awadhesh Mistri Vill-Sherpur P.sMarachi Dist-Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Pramod Kumar Yadav For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Sucheta Yadav ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 17-11-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80 and 3(5) of the B.N.S.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and the petitioner no.1 a woman and the informant alleges that her daughter was married to Premjit on 27.02.2025, further the accused persons for a week kept the victim well but thereafter started torturing saying that her father at the time of marriage did not give substantial dowry and thus demanded 30 grams gold and a motorcycle, accordingly, the victim informed the informant about the demand, accordingly, the informant reached the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73808 of 2025(2) dt.17-11-2025 2/3 matrimonial home of the victim on 10.03.2025, when accused repeated the demand, on which, informant said that she has two more daughters and no son, hence would not be in a position to fulfill the demand, on which, her son-in-law and his mother assaulted her and the victim who came to save her and thereafter ousted them from the house, next alleges that after sometime, Premjit called the victim on her mobile and threatened that if the demand is not fulfilled, he will not allow her to come back to her matrimonial home, further on 03.06.2025, Premjit again called the victim and the victim after talking committed suicide by hanging with ceiling fan.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant being mother-in-law and father-in-law. It is next submitted that marriage of the deceased with Premjit was a love marriage as such there was no question of demanding dowry. It is next submitted that had the petitioners not in favour of the marriage in that event they would not have allowed Premjit to marry the victim. It is also submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that the victim committed suicide at her parental home after talking to Premjit, as such, the thrust of the occurrence of abetting suicide
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73808 of 2025(2) dt.17-11-2025 3/3 is also against Premjit. It is next submitted that whenever any dispute arises in between the husband and the wife and the occurrence of the nature as alleged takes place, the entire family members are implicated in a mechanical manner with general and omnibus allegation. It is next submitted that petitioners will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove their innocence.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Jamui P.S. Case No.300/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T