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2026:JHHC:15682 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
A. B. A. No. 2813 of 2026
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1. Kalpana Mishra,
2. Mili Pati @ Seema Pati @ Seema Mishra
… … Petitioners
Versus The State of Jharkhand
… … Opposite Party
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CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY
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For the Petitioners : Mr. Manoj Kumar Dash, Advocate
For the Opposite Party : A.P.P.
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2/29.05.2026 Heard Mr. Manoj Kumar Dash, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Kowali P.S. Case No. 11 of 2026.
The daughter of the informant died in her matrimonial house in unnatural circumstances. Submission has been advanced by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioner No.1 is mother-in-law of the deceased while petitioner No.2 is the married sister-in-law of the deceased. It has been submitted that there was a dispute between the deceased and her husband as the deceased was engrossed in mobile which was taken away by her husband and as a result of which the deceased had committed suicide. Learned counsel adds that the cause of death as per the postmortem report is asphyxia due to hanging.
Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
Regard being had to the fact that no specific allegation has been levelled against the petitioners abetting the deceased to commit suicide, both the petitioners above named are directed to surrender in the learned trial court within four weeks and pray for bail, and in that event, they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the
2026:JHHC:15682 satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Jamshedpur in connection with Kowali P.S. Case No. 11 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
This application stands allowed.
29.05.2026
(Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J) Sangam/-