IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28459 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-286 Year-2023 Thana- PANAPUR District- Saran ====================================================== 1. RAKATU NUT S/O LAGAN NAT R/O VILLAGE- MAHMADPUR, P.S- PAHARPUR, DISTT.- SARAN. 2. MUKUN NAT @ BALMUKUN NAT S/O SRI BHAGWAN NAT R/O VILLAGE- MAHMADPUR, P.S- PAHARPUR, DISTT.- SARAN. 3. SURENDRA NAT S/O LAGAN NAT R/O VILLAGE- MAHMADPUR, P.S- PAHARPUR, DISTT.- SARAN. 4. TUNTUN NAT @ TANTAN NAT S/O LAGAN NAT R/O VILLAGE- MAHMADPUR, P.S- PAHARPUR, DISTT.- SARAN. 5. BHAGWAN NAT @ SRI BHAGWAN NAT S/O SAGAR NAT R/O VILLAGE- MAHMADPUR, P.S- PAHARPUR, DISTT.- SARAN. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Ms.Mili Kumari For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Navin Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 06-08-2025 At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw this anticipatory bail petition so far as Mukun Nat (petitioner no. 2) is concerned. 2. Permission is accorded. 3 This anticipatory bail petition stands dismissed as withdrawn in respect of Mukun Nat (petitioner no. 2). 4. Rest petitioners (i.e. petitioner nos. 1, 3, 4 & 5) apprehend their arrest in a complaint case punishable for the offence under Sections 328, 302 / 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28459 of 2024(4) dt.06-08-2025 2/3 5. The prosecution case, in brief, is that informant Tetary Devi married her daughter with co-accused Mukun Nat and after some days of the marriage, all the petitioners began to demand dowry of Rs. 5,00,000/- and motorcycle and when daughter of informant protested, on 28.10.2023 at 10/11 PM, the accused persons gave her water having poison, due to which, daughter of informant died on 29.10.2023 at Patna during treatment. 6. Petitioner nos. 1, 3 & 4 are cousin father-in-law and petitioner no. 5 is father-in-law of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation. Thrust of the accusation is against husband of the deceased. As a matter of fact, the deceased consumed pesticides due to quarrel with her husband and thereafter, she was taken to hospital and during course of treatment, she died. He further submits that petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with the family affairs of deceased and her husband. 7. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioners. 8. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioner nos. 1, 3, 4 & 5, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, be Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28459 of 2024(4) dt.06-08-2025 3/3 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 C.J.M., Saran at Chapra in connection with Panapur P.S. Case No. 286 of 2023, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 9. This application is, accordingly, disposed of. anay (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T