Shanti Devi @ Puja Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89618 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-217 Year-2024 Thana- DHANARUA District- Patna ====================================================== 1.
Shanti Devi @ Puja Devi W/O Arun Kumar R/O Village - Barki Simhari, P.S- Dhanarua, Distt.- Patna 2.
Arun Kumar S/O Bhuneshwar Ram R/O Village - Barki Simhari, P.SDhanarua, Distt.- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Jay Ram Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Syed Mojibur Rahman, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 16-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Dhanarua P.S. Case No. 217 of 2024 (G.R. No. 748 of 2024) registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per prosecution case, the sister of the Informant was done to death for the non-fulfillment of demand of dowry made by the petitioner and his family members.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case with false and frivolous allegations. The petitioner
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89618 of 2025(2) dt.16-01-2026 2/3 no.1 is the Gotani, whereas petitioner No.2 is the Bhaisur of the deceased. He further submits that, as a matter of fact, the deceased fell down from the roof of the house due to which she sustained several injures on her body and died. He further submits that the petitioners have never demanded any dowry and the allegation of demand of dowry of one motorcycle and Rs. 50,000/- is false and concocted. He further submits that the petitioners live separately since long time and have no concern with the affairs of the husband of the deceased. The petitioners have not committed any offence as alleged in the F.I.R. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent as has been stated in paragraph no.3 of the present anticipatory bail application
5. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that the co-accused Mantosh Kumar (husband of the deceased) has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 19.09.2025 passed in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 55034 of 2025 and other co-accused namely Bhuneshwar Ram has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 21.10.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 71806 of 2024.
6. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89618 of 2025(2) dt.16-01-2026 3/3
7. Considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case and taking into account the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, let the petitioners, abovenamed, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Dhanarua P.S. Case No. 217 of 2024 (G.R. No. 748 of 2024), subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482
(2) of the B.N.S.S.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) manish/- U T