IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42715 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-15 Year-2025 Thana- PIPRA District- Patna ====================================================== 1. Bharat Chaudhary S/o Jagnandan Chaudhary Resident of village- Sorampur, Sheikhpura, P.O.- Sorampur, P.S.- Pipra, District- Patna 2. Rita Devi D/o- Sri Rajendra Chaudhary W/o- Sri Bharat Chaudhary Resident of village- Sorampur, Sheikhpura, P.O.- Sorampur, P.S.- Pipra, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Vijay Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s : Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 7 16-01-2026 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 under Sections 323, 324, 326, 341, 504, 506, 498A, 304B, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 3. It is a case of ‘Dowry Death’. As per prosecution case, all the FIR named accused persons including these petitioners killed daughter of the informant for dowry. 4. Petitioner no. 1 is father-in-law and petitioner no. 2 is mother-in-law of the deceased and there is specific allegation that they killed the deceased for dowry. The deceased died in an unnatural circumstances within seven years of marriage at her Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42715 of 2025(7) dt.16-01-2026 2/2 matrimonial house. 5. Considering the nature of accusation, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioners is rejected. anay (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T