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2026 DAILYLAW 24854 (JHR)

MADHU DEVI v. STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./5012/2026 · 2026-09-03

Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

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2026:JHHC:26637 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5012 of 2026 ------ 1. Madhu Devi, aged about 55 years, wife of Dewa Singh 2. Dewa Singh @ Deva Singh, aged about 57 years, son of Mangar Singh Both resident of Village Chedra, P.O. and P.S. Bishnugarh, District Hazaribagh, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Ayush Kumar Singh, Advocate Mr. Lalan Kumar Singh, Advocate Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Jitendra Pandey, A.P.P. ------ 02/03.09.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Bishnugarh P.S. Case No.12 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 69, 88, 108 and 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the mother and father respectively of Ravi Kumar Singh and the said Ravi Kumar Singh was having relationship with the deceased. He submits that the marriage was not solemnized and thereafter, she consumed poison and she has died. He further submits that so far these petitioners are concerned, in the FIR, there is no allegation, since they are mother and father of Ravi Kumar Singh that is why they have been implicated in the case. He also submits that Ravi Kumar Singh has been granted regular bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the petitioners are the mother and father respectively of Ravi Kumar Singh. 5. On perusal of the FIR, it transpires that in the FIR, it has been stated that Ravi Kumar Singh was having relationship with the deceased and it has also been stated that he has informed about not solemnizing of 2026:JHHC:26637 the marriage and thereafter, the deceased has consumed the poison. So far these petitioners are concerned prima facie, their role is not coming in the FIR, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh, in connection with Bishnugarh P.S. Case No.12 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 03.09.2026 Anit Uploaded 03.09.2026