Lalan Das v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.91814 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-185 Year-2025 Thana- SHIKARGANJ District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1 .
Lalan Das S/O Late Shiv Mangal Das Resident of Village- Ambariya, P.S.- Shikarganj, District- East Champaran 2.
Giraja Devi W/O Lalan Das Resident of Village- Ambariya, P.S.- Shikarganj, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Pramod Kumar Prasad , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for these 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, 238 and 3 (5) of BNS.
3 . As per prosecution case , daughter of informant was married with co-accused Ranjit Das and after the marriage , she was subjected to cruelty and harassment by all the accused persons due to non-fulfillment of additional demand of dowry and ultimately these petitioners along with other accused persons committed the murder of informant's daughter.
4. Petitioner No. 1 is bhabhi petitioner No. 2 is gotni
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.91814 of 2025(2) dt.20-01-2026 2/2 of the deceased. They are simply victims of over implications. Allegation is general and omnibus against these petitioners. They are separate in mess and property and got no concern with the family affairs of deceased and her husband. It is further orally submitted 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 vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner.
6. However, considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, 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 JM 1st Class, Sikarahana at Dhaka East Champaran in connection with Shikarganj Case No. 185 of 2025 , subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 (2) of BNSS 2023 .
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T