IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5551 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-706 Year-2025 Thana- SIKARPUR District- West Champaran ====================================================== 1. Manish Thakur S/o Devnarayan Thakur @ Deo Narayan Thakur @ Denonath Thakur R/o vill - Mathur, P.S.- Shikarpur, Distt.- West Champaran 2. Asha Devi @ Aasha Devi W/o Manish Thakur R/o vill - Mathur, P.S.- Shikarpur, Distt.- West Champaran 3. Girija Devi @ Gariji Devi W/o Devnarayan Thakur @ Deo Naryan Thakur @ Denonath Thakur R/o vill - Mathur, P.S.- Shikarpur, Distt.- West Champaran 4. Suraj Kumar @ Suraj Thakur S/o Devnarayan Thakur @ Deo Narayan Thakur @ Denonath Thakur R/o vill - Mathur, P.S.- Shikarpur, Distt.- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Sarvesh Kashyap For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ram Anurag Singh ====================================================== 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 Section 80(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S. 3. As per prosecution case, daughter of informant was married with co-accused Rajnish Thakur three years ago and after the marriage, she was subjected to cruelty and harassment by the accused persons for dowry and ultimately, on 12.07.2025, she was killed. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5551 of 2026(2) dt.04-02-2026 2/2 4. Petitioner no. 1 is brother-in-law (tsB), petitioner no. 2 is sister-in-law (xksruh), petitioner no. 3 is mother-in-law (lkl) and petitioner no. 4 is brother-in-law (nsoj) of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation. Thrust of the accusation is against husband of the deceased, who is already in custody. As a matter of fact, the deceased committed suicide by hanging. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with the family affairs of deceased 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 A.C.J.M. - 6th, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Shikarpur P.S. Case No. 706 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