2025:JHHC:33482 --1-- A.B.A. No. 4368 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4368 of 2025 ---- 1. Awadhkishor Singh, aged about 56 years, son of Kameshwar Singh 2. Sarita Devi, aged about 46 years, wife of Awadh Kishore Singh Both resident of near Shiv Mandir, New Nagar, Bandhgari, Road No.6, PO and PS – Sadar, District - Ranchi .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. R.S. Mazumdar, Sr. Advocate For the State :- Mr. Subodh Kr. Dubey, Advocate For the Informant :- Mr. Pandey Ashok Nath Roy, Advocate ---- 04/10.11.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No.327 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 80(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law respectively. He further submits that deceased has hanged herself and due to that 2025:JHHC:33482 --2-- A.B.A. No. 4368 of 2025 death occurred. He then submits that when it has come to the knowledge of petitioners, they have taken the deceased to the hospital. He next submits that by the last order the case diary was called for and in the case diary in the postmortem report it has come that the death has occurred due to asphyxia due to hanging. He also submits that even the doctor has opined that such injury is being received pursuant to hanging. He submits that apart from that there is no allegation against the petitioners of instigating the deceased to take such step. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State and Informant jointly opposes the prayer and submits that the petitioners are the in-laws of the deceased and due to their instigation deceased has committed suicide. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the Informant further submits that within two months of the marriage the said incident has taken place. On this ground, he submits that the anticipatory bail of the petitioners may kindly be rejected. 6. Looking into the contents of the FIR it has been disclosed that due to instigation made by the in-laws the deceased has committed suicide. The case diary has been called for wherein the cause of death is said to be due to asphyxia due to hanging and the doctor has also opined that such type of injury is being found in the case of hanging and the petitioners have taken the deceased to the hospital. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am 2025:JHHC:33482 --3-- A.B.A. No. 4368 of 2025 inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 7. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Ranchi in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No.327 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 10.11.2025 Sangam/