1 A.B.A. No. 4890 of 2025 2025:JHHC:30969 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4890 of 2025 ---- Meena Devi, wife of Pradip Singh, age 36 years, r/o Kailibad, PS Giridih(M), PO Karharbari and District Giridih .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Yogesh Modi, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Sudhir Kr Mahto, Advocate ---- 2/07.10.2025 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Giridih (Muffassil) PS Case No.66 of 2025 (GR No.953 of 2025), for offence registered under section 103(1)/3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Giridih. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner is wife of Pradip Singh elder brother of Manoj Singh and she has been blessed with four children from her wedlock. He further submits that medical report with regard to death of Punam Devi is said to be asphyxia due to hanging and no other injury is found on the body of the deceased namely Punam Devi. He then submits that only the false allegations are made of relationship with the husband of the deceased so far as the petitioner is concerned and apart from that there is nothing against the petitioner. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the petitioner was having relationship with husband of the deceased and in view of this suspicion cannot be ruled out. 5. In paragraph no.8 of the case diary, Megh Lal Kumar Rai was examined who happened to be maternal uncle of the deceased who is said to be hearsay witness and he has stated that he has been informed about 2 A.B.A. No. 4890 of 2025 the death of the deceased. In paragraph 43 of the case diary witness Dhaneswar Saw has stated that on the date of incidence at 9 to 10 am everything was correct and he left for work and between 11.30 to 12.30 a.m his wife informed that in the adjacent house somebody has made suicide by way of hanging. In paragraph no.44, vague allegation is made by a person who is of another caste of relation and it is not clear how this petitioner has instigated or involved in the death of the deceased, and in the facts and circumstances of the present case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of her surrender/arrest, petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Giridih, in connection with Giridih (Muffassil) PS Case No.66 of 2025 (GR No.953 of 2025), subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 07.10.2025 SI/