Sushila Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81967 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-49 Year-2023 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== 1.

Sushila Devi Son of Lalan Kumar Nirala Resident of Village Afsar, P.S. - Warisaliganj, District - Nawada.

2.

Lalan Kumar Nirala Son of Umesh Shankar Singh Resident of Village Afsar, P.S. - Warisaliganj, District - Nawada.

3.

Chandan Kumar Son of Lalan Kumar Nirala Resident of Village Afsar, P.S. - Warisaliganj, District - Nawada.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Vandana Kumari W/o Kanhaiya Kumar, D/o Bablu Singh Resident of Village Afsar, P.S. - Warisaliganj, District - Nawada. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Amar Kumar Singh, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Pronoti Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case in connection with Lakhisarai Mahila P.S. Case No. 49 of 2023 registered for the offence/s punishable u/s 341, 323, 498A, 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of the D.P. Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioners and the co-accused persons are alleged to have tortured the informant mentally and physically due to non-fulfillment of demand of Rs. 5,00,000/- and a motorcycle as dowry.

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4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner no. 1,2 and 3 are the mother-in-law, father-in-law and brother-in-law of the informant respectively. The petitioners neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the informant. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioners. The petitioner no. 1 has clean criminal antecedent, the petitioner no. 2 has one criminal antecedent and the petitioner no. 3 has two criminal antecedents as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail petition of the petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the allegation being general and omnibus, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court concerned, Lakhisarai, in connection with Lakhisarai Mahila P.S. Case No. 49 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharitya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.).

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7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Jyoti/- U T