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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81646 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-248 Year-2023 Thana- LAKHNAUR District- Madhubani ====================================================== Sunita Devi W/O Chunnu Kamat R/O Village- Laufa, Ward No.-12, P.S.- Lakhnaur, District- Madhubani. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus
1. The State of Bihar Bihar
2. Roshani Kumari W/O Vivek Kamat R/O Village- Laufa, Ward No.-12, P.S- Lakhnaur, Distt.- Madhubani. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Jitendra Kumar Bharti, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Mohammad Sufyan, A.P.P. Mr. Ratnakar Jha, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 05-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 498A/34 and other ancillary sections of the Indian Penal Code and sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
3. It is a case of torture and harassment for dowry. Petitioner is Gotini of the victim. Allegation of torture and harassment is general and omnibus and no overt act has been alleged against her. She is separate in mess and business. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
4. Learned counsel for the State and the informant oppose the prayer for bail.
5. Considering the aforesaid facts of the case, prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. In the event of arrest/surrender within six weeks from today, let the petitioner, mentioned above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81646 of 2024(4) dt.05-02-2026 2/2 Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate I, Jhanjharpur Madhubani in Lakhnaur Police Station Case No. 248 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
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