2026:JHHC:9409 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.1206 of 2026 ------ 1. Kanti Devi @ Indu Kumari @ Indu Devi, wife of Karmu Singh 2. Dipa Devi, wife of Gopal Singh 3. Gopal Singh @ Ashok Singh, son of Nihohra Singh All resident of Village Kundelwa, P.O. & P.S. Satbarwa, District Palamau .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Sudhanshu Shekhar, Advocate For the State : Ms. Amrita Kumari, A.P.P. ------ 02/02.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Satbarwa P.S. Case No. 110 of 2023, registered for the offence under Sections 304B read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau at Daltonganj. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioner no.1 is married sister-in-law, petitioner no.2 is mother-in-law and petitioner no.3 is father-in-law of the deceased. He submits that there are general and omnibus allegations against all the accused persons. He further submits that the husband of the deceased has faced trial in S.T. No.38 of 2024 and he has been acquitted by the judgment dated 19.12.2024. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioners are the in-laws of the deceased and the allegations are of torture. 5. Considering that the main allegation is made against the husband and he has already been acquitted by the learned Sessions Judge in S.T. No.38 of 2024, so far these petitioners are concerned, they are in-laws of the deceased and there general and omnibus allegations against them, and 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 petitioner on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 07.04.2026