[2026:JHHC:18744] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3337 of 2026 Salma Tudu, aged about 52 yrs, W/o. Late Muniram Tudu, R/o. Vill. Keshargaria, P.O.+ P.S.- Rajnagar, Dist: Seraikella-Kharswan, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Abhishek Kumar Dubey, Advocate. For the State : Mr. S.K. Shukla, A.P.P. ------ 04/ 25.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Rajnagar P.S. Case No. 07 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 80(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Seraikella. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be the mother-in-law of the deceased and the alleged occurrence took place on 04.01.2026 and till 01.02.2026, no FIR was lodged. He next submits that on 01.02.2026, the FIR was lodged. He further submits that the deceased while cooking food, came into the contact of the fire and thereafter she was having the burn injury. He also submits that husband of the deceased has taken her to Sadar Hospital, Seraikella, and thereafter she was referred to MGM Hospital, Jamshedpur for her better treatment. He next submits that thereafter the deceased was taken to Gangotri Hospital, Adityapur for further treatment, where she was being treated and subsequently, again the deceased was referred to MGM Hospital, however, she has not survived and succumbed to injury. He then submits that thereafter [2026:JHHC:18744] -2- only the present case has been lodged by the father of the deceased. He further submits that the husband of the deceased is already in custody. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner happened to be the mother-in-law of the deceased. 5. Considering that the husband of the deceased has taken the deceased at different hospitals, as noted in the argument of learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and further the husband of the deceased is already in custody and when the incident took place, the FIR was not lodged and when during treatment, the deceased has succumbed to injury, then the FIR has been lodged on 01.02.2026, wherein the alleged occurrence has taken place on 04.01.2026, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, above named. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of her surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Seraikella, in connection with Rajnagar P.S. Case No. 07 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-25.06.2026 Amitesh/-