IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16580 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-657 Year-2025 Thana- PAROO District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== 1. Vibha Devi W/O Mithilesh Ram R/O Vill.- Chochahi Chappra, P.s- Paroo, District- Muzaffarpur 2. Gayatri Devi W/O Panjabi Ram R/O Vill.- Chochahi Chappra, P.s- Paroo, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Prasoon Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Akbar Ali, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 16-03-2026 Heard Mr. Prasoon Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Akbar Al, learned APP for the State. 2. Petitioners seek bail, who are in custody since 21.12.2025, in connection with Paroo P.S. Case No. 657 of 2025, F.I.R. dated 20.12.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 80 and 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023. 3. Allegation against the petitioners is of committing torture and cause death due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have clean antecedents and they have been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16580 of 2026(2) dt.16-03-2026 2/3 allegation as alleged in the F.I.R. is false and fabricated and the petitioners have not committed any offence as alleged in the F.I.R. Although the petitioners are named in the F.I.R. but from perusal of the F.I.R. it appears that there is no specific allegation of any assault or overt act or demand of dowry attributed against them rather there is general and omnibus allegation against all the accused persons including the petitioners. The informant is not the eye witness of the alleged occurrence and petitioner no. 1 is sister-in-law and petitioner is mother-in-law of the deceased and husband of the deceased is in judicial custody since 21.12.2025. 5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioners. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the petitioners having clean antecedent and there is no specific allegation against them in the F.I.R. and they are in-laws of the deceased, let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Muzaffarpur (West) in connection with Paroo P.S. Case No. 657 Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16580 of 2026(2) dt.16-03-2026 3/3 of 2025, subject to the following conditions :- (1) Petitioners shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and on their absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, their bail bonds shall be cancelled by the Court below. (2) If the petitioners tamper with the evidence or the witness, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail. (3) And, further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioners and in case at any stage, it is found that the petitioners have concealed their criminal antecedents, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioners. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification. Ibrar//- (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) U