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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12179 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-410 Year-2024 Thana- SHAHPUR PATORI District- Samastipur ======================================================
1. Sunaina Devi W/o Suresh Rajak R/o Village - Dumduma, Ward No. 10, P.S - Patori, District - Samastipur
2. Suresh Rajak S/o Kaleshwar Rajak R/o Village - Dumduma, Ward No. 10, P.S - Patori, District - Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ankit Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Jagdhar Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a complaint case punishable for the offence under Sections 80, 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023.
3. It is a case of ‘Dowry Death’.
4. Petitioner no. 1 is mother-in-law and petitioner no. 2 is father-in-law of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation. Thrust of the accusation is against husband of the deceased, who is already in custody since 25.06.2025. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with family affairs of deceased and her husband.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12179 of 2026(2) dt.24-02-2026 2/2
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioners.
6. However, considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, 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 C.J.M., Samastipur in connection with Patori P.S. Case No. 410 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S., 2023.
anay (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T