Basant Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81920 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-135 Year-2025 Thana- DUMRAO District- Buxar ====================================================== 1 .

Basant Ram Son of Late Ramdhyan Ram Resident of Village -Kasiya PS -Dumraon District- Buxar 2.

Saraswati Devi @ Sahato Devi Wife of Basant Ram Resident of Village -Kasiya PS -Dumraon District- Buxar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners informant and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. Petitioners apprehend arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 80(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3 . It is case of dowry death. Prosecution case, in brief, is that all the F.I.R. named accused persons including these petitioners killed the daughter of informant due to nonfulfillment of demand of dowry.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81920 of 2025(3) dt.09-02-2026 2/3

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioners are innocent and has committed no offence as alleged. Petitioner No. 1 is father-in -law and petitioner No. 2 is mother-in -law of the deceased and they are simply victim of over-implications. Allegation against petitioners are general and omnibus. Petitioners are 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. Petitioners claim clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant vehemently opposed the bail application .

6. Considering 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 petitioners in the event of his 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate , Buxar in connection with Dumraon P. S. Case No. 135 of 2025 , subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 (2) of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81920 of 2025(3) dt.09-02-2026 3/3 the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 . (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T