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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5594 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-91 Year-2023 Thana- SIWAN CITY District- Siwan ======================================================
1. Saroj Devi @ Saroj Kumari W/o Anup Singh, D/o Sachchidanand Singh R/o Village- Parshurampur, P.S- Manjhagarh, Dist- Gopalganj.
2. Indu Devi W/o Bipin Singh, D/o Sachchidanand Singh R/o Village- Kashai, P.S- Tarwara, Dist- Siwan. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Adesh Raj For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs.Madhuri Lata ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-02-2026 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 304(B), 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per prosecution case, daughter of informant was married to co-accused Harishchandra Singh and after the marriage, she was subjected to cruelty and harassment by the accused persons for dowry and lastly on 17.02.2023, she was killed.
4. Petitioners are married Nanad of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation. As a matter of fact,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5594 of 2026(2) dt.04-02-2026 2/2 deceased committed suicide. Thrust of the accusation is against husband of the deceased, who has already been granted regular bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court, vide order dated 02.08.2024 passed in Cr.Misc. No. 50807 of 2024 (Annexure P/2).
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner.
6. However, 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 J.M. 1st Class, Siwan in connection with Siwan Town P.S. Case No. 91 of 2023 and Trial No. 1229 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