2025:JHHC:31110 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.5855 of 2025 Usha Masomat @ Usha Devi wife of late Anup Rana, aged about 65 years, resident of village- Adla, P.o. +P.S. Simaria, District-Chatra …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashok Kr. Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bishambhar Shastri, A.P.P. ------ 2/08.10.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest for the alleged offences registered under Sections 80, 85, 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned ACJM, Chatra, in connection with Simaria P.S. Case No.105 of 2025. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be the mother-in-law of the deceased. Deceased has committed suicide by hanging herself. He further submits that the husband of the deceased is in custody. By way of referring the contents of the FIR, it is submitted that how the petitioner is involved to take such step by the deceased is not disclosed. There are general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner happened to be the mother-in-law of the deceased and in view of that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. It is admitted position that the petitioner is the mother-in-law of 2025:JHHC:31110 2 the deceased and the death has occurred due to hanging and the husband is in custody. From the FIR, it is not clear that how the petitioner has instigated the deceased to take such step, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner above named is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from the date of receipt of the order and on the event of his surrender / arrest, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount of each to the satisfaction of learned ACJM, Chatra, in connection with Simaria P.S. Case No.105 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 7. This Anticipatory Bail Application is accordingly allowed and disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 08.10.2025 R.Kumar