IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29735 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-563 Year-2025 Thana- PIPRA District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1. Gena prasad @ Gena Bhagat S/o Dukhit Prasad R/o Vill. - Mahuawa, P.S. - Pipra, Dist - East Champaran. 2. Subhash Prasad S/o Horil Prasad R/o Vill. - Mahuawa, P.S. - Pipra, Dist - East Champaran. 3. Jagu Bhagat @ Acchelal S/o Dukhit Bhagat R/o Vill. - Mahuawa, P.S. - Pipra, Dist - East Champaran. 4. Happy Kumari @ Sonam Kumari D/o Jagu Bhagat R/o Vill. - Mahuawa, P.S. - Pipra, Dist - East Champaran. 5. Manju Devi Wife of Jagu Bhagat R/o Vill. - Mahuawa, P.S. - Pipra, Dist - East Champaran. 6. Shobha Devi Wife of Gena Prasad @ Gena Bhagat R/o Vill. - Mahuawa, P.S. - Pipra, Dist - East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Prateek Tandon For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Kumar Veerendra Narayan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 01-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case, registered for the offence under Sections 103(1), 80 and 3(5) of the B.N.S.. 3. As per prosecution case, sister of informant was married with co-accused Deepak Kumar in the year 2016 and from the wedlock, two children were born, but after the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29735 of 2026(4) dt.01-07-2026 2/3 marriage, she was subjected to cruelty and harassment by all the accused persons for dowry and ultimately, on 20.12.2025, she was killed by strangulation. 4. Petitioner no. 1 is cousin father-in-law, petitioner no. 2 is cousin brother-in-law, petitioner no. 3 is father-in-law, petitioner no. 4 is unmarried sister-in-law, petitioner no. 5 is mother-in-law and petitioner no. 6 is cousin mother-in-law of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation. Thrust of the accusation is against husband of the deceased, who has already surrendered before the learned Court below on 24.04.2026 and since then, he is in custody. Petitioners are separate in mess & property and have got no concern with the family affairs of deceased and her husband. Petitioners claim clean antecedent. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioners. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioners, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29735 of 2026(4) dt.01-07-2026 3/3 Pipra P.S. Case No. 563 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S., 2023. anay (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T