IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2429 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-74 Year-2025 Thana- ANGARH District- Purnia ====================================================== 1. Khalique @ Khalik S/o- Late Zainuddin R/v- Khagjana W.No-3, Ps- Angarh Dist- Purnea 2. Nargis W/o- Khalique @ Khalik R/v- Khagjana W.No-3, Ps- Angarh Dist- Purnea 3. Shah Jamal S/o- Shamsul Haque R/v- Khagjana W.No-3, Ps- Angarh Dist- Purnea 4. Arshadi @ Arshadi Begum D/o- Shamsul Haque R/v- Khagjana W.No-3, Ps- Angarh Dist- Purnea 5. Dilkani S/o- Shamsul Haque R/v- Khagjana W.No-3, Ps- Angarh Dist- Purnea 6. Raushan Ara W/o- Naushad R/v- Khagjana W.No-3, Ps- Angarh Dist- Purnea 7. Izhar @ Md. Izhar Alam S/o- Maharuddin R/v- Khagjana W.No-3, Ps- Angarh Dist- Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Sonam Begum D/o- Saidul Rahman R/v- Khagjana W.No-3, Ps- Angarh Dist- Purnea ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ram Prawesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Upendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 31-01-2026 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 punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 352, 351(3), 3(5) of the B.N.S. and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 3. Allegation against petitioners is of commission of torture and cruelty to the informant for dowry. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2429 of 2026(2) dt.31-01-2026 2/2 4. Petitioner no. 1 is father-in-law, petitioner no. 2 is mother-in-law, petitioner no. 3 is cousin brother-in-law, petitioner no. 4 is cousin Nanad, petitioner no. 5 is cousin Bhaisur, petitioner no. 6 is married Nanad and petitioner is 7 is brother-in-law (Devar) of the informant/opposite party no. 2. Thrust of the accusation is against husband of the opposite party no. 2. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with the family affairs of informant and her husband. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioners. 6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea / concerned Court in connection with Angarh P.S. Case No. 74 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S. anay (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T