Neutral Citation No. ( 2025:JHHC:22564 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 3203 of 2025 ------ 1. Arun Tiwari, aged about 70 years, son of late Chhavinath Tiwari 2. Anjana Tiwari @ Parmati Devi @ Parmila Devi, aged about 57 years, wife of Arun Tiwari Both resident of Village-Bairiya, Behind Vimla Pandey School, P.O. & P.S.-Daltonganj, District-Palamau … … Petitioners -Versus - The State of Jharkhand ... … Opposite Party ------ CORAM: - HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH ------ For the Petitioners : M/s. Jitendra Shankar Singh, Advocate For the State : M/s. Sudhir Kumar Mahto, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Advocate ----- 03/08.08.2025 Heard the parties Petitioners have been made accused in connection with Daltonganj Town P.S. Case No. 04 of 2025, for the offences registered under Sections 80(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau at Daltonganj. Petitioners happen to be the parents-in-law of the deceased, who died in her matrimonial home due to asphyxia because of hanging. It is alleged that she was tortured to enforce the demand of dowry. Mr. Jitendra Shankar Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that apart from ligature mark, there is no other ante-mortem injury found on the person of the deceased. He also drew attention of this Court towards the statement of the witnesses Anju Singh and Sudhir Chauhan recorded at Paragraph 22 and 23 of the case diary in which they have stated that the deceased wanted her husband to stay in her parental house, but the husband was not willing to do so, and due to which, she committed suicide. Mr. Sudhir Kumar Mahto, learned A.P.P. assisted by Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, learned lawyer appearing on behalf of the informant have drawn the attention of this Court towards the statement of the informant and other family members of the deceased in which they have stated that the deceased was tortured to enforce the demand of dowry. He also submitted 2. that one of the witnesses had gone to the house of the deceased prior to the occurrence to take the deceased to her parental house, but the accused persons refused. The petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased. Some of the witnesses have stated that due to the dispute with her husband regarding the fact that he did not want to stay in her parental home, the deceased had committed suicide. In view of the aforesaid facts, I am inclined to release the petitioners, on bail. Accordingly, the petitioners, named above, are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau at Daltonganj in connection with Daltonganj Town P.S. Case No. 04 of 2025. (Ambuj Nath, J.) Nandini/- Uploaded