2025:JHHC:17722 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.6309 of 2024 ------ 1. Rajendra Singh, S/o Late Jagdish Singh 2. Balika Devi, W/o Late Jagdish Singh … … Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. Priyanka Kumari, W/o Pramod Kumar. … … Opposite Parties ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Ms. Pinki Kumari, Advocate For the State : Mr. Naveen Kumar Ganjhu, A.P.P. ----- 08/ 03.07.2025 Heard the parties. 2. This anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, has been preferred by the petitioners apprehending their arrest for offences under Sections 498-A, 406, 323, 379, 354, 313 and 34 IPC. 3. Petitioner No.1 is the elder brother-in-law and petitioner No.2 is the mother-in-law of the victim. There is an allegation that these petitioners and other have tortured the victim after marriage and dowry was demanded. It is alleged that because of the torture, miscarriage was caused to the victim. 4. Learned counsel representing the petitioner submits that the allegation is absolutely general and omnibus in nature without there being any specific overt act. She submits that the allegation of termination of pregnancy / miscarriage is absolutely false. 5. On query, learned A.P.P. representing the State after taking instruction, submits that there are no material to suggest 2025:JHHC:17722 2 application of Section 313 IPC. He submits that the victim has also not gone to any Doctor, rather she stated that she has taken indigenous medicines. 6. Considering the aforesaid submission of learned A.P.P. representing the State and also the fact that the allegation is general and omnibus in nature, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, this Anticipatory Bail Application stands allowed. The petitioners, above named, are directed to surrender before the learned court below within four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order and on the event of their surrender or arrest, they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bermo at Tenughat, in connection with Jaridih P.S. Case No.66 of 2024, subject to the condition that one of the bailers should be a close relative of the petitioners and other should be a resident of State of Jharkhand, having sufficient landed property in his name or in the name of his ancestors in which he is having share and to that effect, he has to file an affidavit before the Trial Court indicating his share in the property. (ANANDA SEN, J.) Prashant. Cp-3