IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.647 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-487 Year-2025 Thana- HILSA District- Nalanda ====================================================== 1. Soni Devi @ Soni Kumari Wife of Jaiju Kumar, D/o Lalendra Prasad @ Narendra Prasad R/o Vill. - Teka Bigha, P.S - Hilsa, Dist - Nalanda, At Present Jamuara Durga Tola, P.S - Chiksaura, Dist - Nalanda. 2. Kajal Kumari D/o Lalendra Prasad @ Narendra Prasad R/o Vill. - Teka Bigha, P.S - Hilsa, Dist - Nalanda. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Birendra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ahmad Ali ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 4 12-05-2026 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners apprehend arrest in connection with Hilsa P.S. Case No. 487 of 2025 registered for offences under Sections 80(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioners are the sister-in-law(nanad) of the deceased. The allegation against the petitioners and others is of assaulting and killing the deceased for demand of dowry. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are quite innocent and they being the nanads of the deceased, have not committed any offence. He further submits Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.647 of 2026(4) dt.12-05-2026 2/2 that the deceased had fallen down and she was treated initially at the local hospital and thereafter, she was brought to Ford hospital and subsequently she was refereed to PMCH where during the course of treatment, she died. 5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this application for anticipatory bail is allowed. 7. Accordingly, let the petitioners, above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender within four weeks from today in the Court below, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate 1st, Hilsa, Nalanda /concerned Court below in connection with Hilsa P.S. Case No. 487 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. Vikas/- (Sandeep Kumar, J) U