Rani Khatoon v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.90206 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-342 Year-2025 Thana- SIWAN MUFFASIL District- Siwan ====================================================== 1.
Rani Khatoon Wife of Noor Alam Resident of Village- Bhantapokhar, P.S.- Siwan Mufassil, District- Siwan 2.
Sabnam Khatoon @ Sabana Khatoon Wife of Abdul Kalam Resident of Village- Bhantapokhar, P.S.- Siwan Mufassil, District- Siwan 3.
Neha Khatoon Daughter of Noor Alam Resident of Village- Bhantapokhar, P.S.- Siwan Mufassil, District- Siwan 4.
Noor Alam son of Hamid Sai Resident of Village- Bhantapokhar, P.S.- Siwan Mufassil, District- Siwan 5.
Abdul Kalam son of Raish @ Raish Sai Resident of Village- Bhantapokhar, P.S.- Siwan Mufassil, District- Siwan 6.
Gudiya Khatoon Daughter of Noor Alam Resident of Village- Bhantapokhar, P.S.- Siwan Mufassil, District- Siwan AT Present Resident of At - Dargah Road, Ps- Gopalganj Town, Dist- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Javed Aslam, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Uma Shankar Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 15-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 80(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S.
3. The case of the prosecution relates to having caused the death of the daughter of the informant on account of nonfulfillment of demand of dowry.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.90206 of 2025(2) dt.15-01-2026 2/3
4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits at the outset that the petitioner no.1 is mother-in-law, petitioner no.2 is elder cousin Gotani, petitioner no.3 is unmarried Nanad, petitioner no.4 is father-in-law, petitioner no.5 is cousin Bhaisur and petitioner no. 6 is married Nanad of the deceased and so far as the demand of motorcycle is concerned, the same is confined to the husband of the deceased. It has further been submitted that there are general and omnibus allegations against these petitioners and these petitioners do not have any connection with the day to day affairs of the deceased as she was staying separate from other family members along with her husband and she was in depression due to which she had committed suicide by hanging. It is further submitted that the post-mortem report also indicats that the cause of death is asphyxia due to hanging and no other external injury has been found on the body of the deceased. Further, the husband of the deceased is in custody since 10.05.2025, this fact has been specifically stated in paragraph-15 of the present petition.
5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail on the basis of allegations made in the First Information Report.
6. Taking into consideration the facts and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.90206 of 2025(2) dt.15-01-2026 3/3 circumstances and considering the general and omnibus nature of allegations against the petitioners who are in-laws, were staying separate from the deceased and her husband and also considering the fact that the husband, who is primarily responsible for the welfare of his wife, is already in custody, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond 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 Siwan Muffasil P.S. Case No. 342 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C/ Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
(Soni Shrivastava, J) anand/- U T