Chhathu Yadav @ Chhathu Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1701 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-296 Year-2025 Thana- JAGDISHPUR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== 1 .

Chhathu Yadav @ Chhathu Singh S/O Shivnath Singh @ Shivnath Yadav R/O Vill.- Morcha, P.S.- Jagdishpur, Dist.- Bhojpur 2.

Mina Devi W/O Chhathu Singh @ Chhathu Yadav R/O Vill.- Morcha, P.S.- Jagdishpur, Dist.- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Diwakar , Advocate Mr. Deepak Kumar , Advocate Ms. Priya Kumari , Advocate Mr. Sonu Kumar Yadav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Madan Kumar , APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a complaint case punishable for the offence under Sections 80 and 3(5) of BNS.

3 . As per prosecution case , daughter of informant performed love marriage with co-accused Rahul Kumar @ Aitwaru Kumar in the year 2022 and after the marriage , she was subjected to cruelty and harassment by all the accused persons due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry and ultimately the accused persons committed the murder of informant's daughter.

4. Petitioner no. 1 is father-in -law and petitioner no. 2 is mother-in-law of the deceased. They are simply victim of over implications. Allegation is general and omnibus against

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1701 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 2/2 these petitioners. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with deceased and her husband. It is further orally submitted that thrust of the accusation is against husband of the deceased who is already in custody . Petitioners claim clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioners.

6. However, considering the aforesaid facts, clean antecedent of these petitioners and other circumstances of the case , let the above named petitioners, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned ACJM- 1st Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 296 of 2025 , subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 ( 2 ) of BNSS 2023 . (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T