[2026:JHHC:11504] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1783 of 2026 1. Ajit Kumar Jha, aged about 66 years, son of Late Rajendra Jha 2. Smt. Shila Devi @ Shila Jha, aged about 64 years, wife of Sri Ajit Kumar Jha Both resident of Belari, P.O. Belari Urf Jagdishpur Doal, P.S. Belari, District-Samastipur (Bihar). ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. A.K. Choudhary, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Nawin Kumar Singh, A.P.P. ------ 04/ 20.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Parsudih P.S. Case No. 68 of 2023, registered for the offence under Sections 498-A and 304-B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamshedpur. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the daughter of the informant has died in an accident, pursuant to a burn injury. He next submits that the occurrence was said to be occurred on 29.11.2021, wherein the complaint case has been filed on 23.05.2023, which was subsequently converted into the FIR. He further submits that the petitioners are the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the [2026:JHHC:11504] -2- prayer and submits that the allegations are there against these petitioners. 5. Considering that the occurrence was said to be occurred on 29.11.2021, wherein the complaint case has been filed on 23.05.2023, which was subsequently converted into the FIR and the petitioners are the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased, in that view of the matter, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioners on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-20.04.2026 Amitesh/-