Savitri Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.79955 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-43 Year-2025 Thana- Mathurapur District- Samastipur ====================================================== Savitri Devi Wife of Rajendra Sah R/o Village- Mathurapur Sonatola, P.S.- Mathurapur, District- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Abhay Shanker Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Md. Nazir Ansari, A.P.P.

For the Informant :

Mr. Chandra Shekhar Anand, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 31-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, informant and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 80(2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. It is case of dowry death. Prosecution case, in brief, is that marriage of the daughter of informant was solemnized with co-accused Suraj Kumar in the year 2022 and thereafter, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner, killed her due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner is mother-in-law of the deceased and she is simply victim of over-implication. Allegation against petitioner is general and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.79955 of 2025(3) dt.31-03-2026 2/2 omnibus. Petitioner is separate in mess and property and has got no concern with family affairs of the deceased. He further submits that thrust of accusation is against husband of the deceased who is already in custody since 09.05.2025. As a matter of fact, deceased herself committed suicide and as per post-mortem report also, cause of death is Asphyxia due to hanging. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned counsel for the informant vehemently opposed the bail application.

6. Considering nature of accusation and the fact that husband of the deceased in already in custody, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of her arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Samastipur in connection with Mathurapur P. S. Case No. 43 of 2025, subject to conditions laid down under Section 482(2) BNSS.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T