Pushpa Kumari @ Pushpa Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.75798 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-119 Year-2025 Thana- Bariyarpur District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Pushpa Kumari @ Pushpa Devi Wife of Soni Rai Resident of VillagePaintrapur, P.S.- Bariyarpur, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Vinay Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Raj Kishor Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 31-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Bariyarpur P.S. Case No. 119 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Sections 80(2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. Prosecution case, in short, is that the petitioner alongwith the family members tortured and killed the deceased for the non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner is the sister-in-law of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that general and omnibus allegation

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75798 of 2025(2) dt.31-10-2025 2/2 has been made against the petitioner. No specific overt act is alleged against the petitioner. Learned counsel further submitted that petitioner is separate in mess and business and has got no concern in the family affairs of the deceased and her husband. Husband of the deceased is already in custody. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since 27.06.2025 and has no criminal antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, there being no direct allegation against the petitioner as also the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Bariyarpur P.S. Case No. 119 of 2025.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T