Sundar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.84883 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-46 Year-2025 Thana- Gokhulpur District- Nalanda ====================================================== 1.
Sundar Yadav S/o Late Saudhar Yadav R/o Village- Shahpur, PSGokhulpur, Distt- Nalanda 2.
Faguni Devi W/o Sri Sundar Yadav R/o Village- Shahpur, PS- Gokhulpur, Distt- Nalanda 3.
Muskan Kumari W/o Rantu Yadav R/o Village- Shahpur, PS- Gokhulpur, Distt- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioners :
Mr. Vishwanath Prasad, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Binod Kumar, APP For the Informant :
Mr. Pramod Kumar Sinha, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-03-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, learned APP appearing on behalf of the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80, 238 and 3(5) of the B.N.S..
3. It is a case of dowry death. As per prosecution case, informant alleged that marriage of his daughter was solemnized with co-accused Prahlad Yadav @ Sonu on 14.03.2019 as per Hindu rites and rituals and thereafter, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including these petitioners, committed torture
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.84883 of 2025(5) dt.17-03-2026 2/3 and harassment with the victim due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry and subsequently, all the accused persons committed murder of the victim.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. Petitioners have falsely been implicated in this case merely because Petitioner No. 1 is fatherin-law, Petitioner No. 2 is mother-in-law and Petitioner No. 3 is sister-in-law of the deceased. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with the affairs of the deceased and her husband. Informant is not an eye witness of the alleged occurrence. Allegation of demand of dowry is general and omnibus and no specific accusation of overt act has been alleged against these petitioners. Thrust of accusation is against husband of deceased who is already in custody. Petitioners claim clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant have vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the petitioners, the prayer for grant of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.84883 of 2025(5) dt.17-03-2026 3/3 anticipatory bail to the petitioners is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M. 1st Class, Nalanda, Bihar Sharif in connection with Gokhulpur P.S. Case No. 46 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T