Ravikant Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-529 Year-2024 Thana- DHANARUA District- Patna ====================================================== 1 .

Ravikant Kumar S/O Mahabir Prasad @ Mahavir Prasad @ Sahajanand @ Sachitanand Prasad @ Sahajanand Prasad R/O Village-Milki Par Nanauri, P.S. Dhanarua, District-Patna 2.

Kiran Devi W/O Mahabir Prasad @ Mahavir Prasad @ Sahajanand @ Sachitanand Prasad @ Sahajanand Prasad R/O Village-Milki Par Nanauri, P.S. Dhanarua, District-Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravish Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Rabindra Kumar , APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-01-2026 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 ( 2 ) and and 3(5) of BNS.

3 . As per prosecution case , daughter of informant was married to co-accused Harikant Kumar in the year 2024 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 brother-in -law ( Bhaisur ) and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55 of 2026(2) dt.20-01-2026 2/2 petitioner no. 2 mother-in -law is of the deceased. They are simply victim of over implications. Allegation is general and omnibus against these petitioners. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with deceased and her husband. 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 SDJM Masaurhi Patna in connection with Dhanarua P.S. Case No. 529 of 2024 , subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 ( 2 ) of BNSS 2023 . (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T