[2026:JHHC:9685] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1386 of 2026 1. Balram Bagti, aged about 57 years, son of Late Ganesh Bagti 2. Keshav Bagti, aged about 44 years, son of Late Ganesh Bagti 3. Dinesh Bagti, aged about 46 years, son of Late Ganesh Bagti. 4. Kalpana Devi, aged about 44 years, wife of Balram Bagti 5. Shiwani Devi @ Sivani Devi, aged about 38 years, wife of Keshav Bagti 6. Sumitra Devi, aged about 45 years, wife of Dinesh Bagti All are resident of Village Manjhi Kulhi Gorabali, P.O. & P.S. Balidih, District Bokaro. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Rohan Mazumdar, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Vijoy Kumar Sinha, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 06.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Balidih P.S. Case No. 32 of 2022, registered for the offence under Sections 304-B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bokaro. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioner no. 1 is the father-in-law, petitioner Nos. 2 and 3 are the uncle-in-laws, petitioner No. 4 is the mother-in-law and petitioner Nos. 5 and 6 are the aunt-in-laws of the deceased. He next submits that the [2026:JHHC:9685] -2- husband of the deceased has faced the trial and he has been acquitted by the learned trial court by judgment dated 28.02.2025, passed in S.T. No. 477 of 2022. He further submits that even the mother and brother- in-law of the deceased have not supported the prosecution case in the trial. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioners are the in-laws of the deceased. 5. Considering that the husband of the deceased has faced the trial and he has been acquitted by the learned trial court and even the mother and brother-in-law of the deceased have not supported the prosecution case in the trial, in that view of the matter, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioners on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-06.04.2026 Amitesh/-