[2026:JHHC:20694] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3770 of 2026 1. Prameshwar Lal @ Parmesh Lal aged about 65 Years son of Kishun Lal, resident of Village Duwari, Post office Duwari, Police Station Gidhour, District Chatra, Jharkhand. 2. Ranjan Lal aged about 40 Years son of Birendar Lal, resident of Village Seregara Road Balumath, Post office & Police Station Balumath, District Latehar, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Manish Yadav, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Rajneesh Vardhan, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 13.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Jagarnathpur P.S. Case No. 368 of 2023, registered for the offence under Sections 304(B) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioner No. 1 is father-in-law and petitioner No. 2 is brother-in-law of the deceased. He next submits that the deceased was suffering from some ailments and she was treated in hospital and in course of the treatment, she left for her heavenly aboard on 23/02/2023, wherein the FIR has been lodged on 11/08/2023. He also submits that in her lifetime, the deceased has not made any complaint against the family members including her husband. He further submits that in the similar circumstance, the other co-accused who is husband of the deceased has [2026:JHHC:20694] -2- already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 556 of 2026 by this court. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioners. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioners happened to be the father-in-law and brother-in-law of the deceased. On this ground, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that the death of the deceased has occurred in the hospital on 23/02/2023 wherein the FIR has been lodged on 11/08/2023, it has been pointed out that that the deceased was being treated in the hospital for certain ailments and further the husband of the deceased has already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in the aforementioned A.B.A. by this court and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners, above named. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, in connection with Jagarnathpur P.S. Case No. 368 of 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-13.07.2026 Amitesh/-