Nurul Hoda v. State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Nurul Hoda v. The State of Jharkhand — High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, B.A. No.9311 of 2025, decided 20.02.2026 by Ananda Sen, J. Bail sought under Sections 483 & 484 of BNSS, 2023 for offences under Sections 80(2), 352, 351(2) and 3/5 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Domchanch PS Case No. 37 of 2025, CJM Koderma). Petitioner is father-in-law of the deceased who died by hanging (dupatta) within two years of marriage inside his house; dowry demand and torture alleged; mother-in-law's bail earlier dismissed by coordinate Bench; trial in progress. Bail refused; application dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Considering the facts that the petitioner is the father-in-law of the deceased, the death was unnatural within two years of marriage with evidence of dowry demand and torture, the deceased died by hanging inside the petitioner's house, the mother-in-law's bail application was dismissed by a coordinate Bench and trial is in progress, the Court was not inclined to grant the privilege of bail to the petitioner, and the prayer for bail in connection with Domchanch PS Case No. 37 of 2025 pending before learned CJM Koderma stands rejected.