Bebi Devi v. The State of Bihar
Court: Patna High Court
Bench: MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
Judgment date:
Case summary
Patna High Court judgment dated 2026-01-16. Bebi Devi v. The State of Bihar. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 76455 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No. -23 Year-2025 Thana- Gokhulpur District- Nalanda ====================================================== 1 . Bebi Devi W/o Mantu Bind R/o Village- Bhatha, PS- Gokulpur, District- Nalanda 2. Bal Gobind S/o Lathur Bind R/o Village- Bhatha, PS- Gokulpur, District- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anil Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shahabuddin Azeem @ S. Azeem , APP For informant : Mr. Aayushman, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 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 complaint case punishable for the offence under Sections 80, 238 and and 3(5) of BNS. 3 . As per allegation in the F. I. R. , it is a case of dowry death . Allegedly, daughter of the informant was married in the year 2022 /23 to Rajiv Kumar. Allegedly, all the family members of her matrimonial home used to torture her on regular basis. Ultimately , they killed her by pressing her neck and disposed of her dead body . 4. Petitioner no. 1 is elder gotani and petitioner no. 2 is co- Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 76455 of 2025(2) dt. 16-01-2026 2/2 villager of the deceased. They are simply victim of over implications. Allegation is general and omnibus against them. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with deceased and her husband. Thrust of the accusation is against husband of the deceased who is already in custody . Petitioners claim clean antecedent. 5. Learned A. P. P.
for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioners. 6. However, considering the aforesaid facts, clean antecedent of these petitioners and other circumstances of the case , 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 Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Nalanda at Biharsharsharif in connection with Gokulpur P. S. Case No. 23 of 2025 , subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 ( 2 ) of BNSS 2023 . (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T
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