Sunita Devi @ Sunita Das v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail matter, Patna High Court (Cr. Misc. No.12926 of 2025, decided 24-07-2025, Justice Chandra Shekhar Jha): petitioner in custody since 20.07.2024 in Bidupur P.S. Case No. 399 of 2024 (Thana Bidupur, District Vaishali), offences under Sections 80 and 3(5) BNS and Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act; alleged dowry-related death of the informant's daughter with demand said to have been raised for a four-wheeler vehicle; Court noted the petitioner is mother-in-law facing general and omnibus allegations and that the death appears out of suicide (counsel cited post-mortem cause of death as “asphyxia”); bail bond Rs.10,000 with two sureties of like amount; satisfaction of C.J.M., Vaishali at Hajipur; conditions under Section 480(3) B.N.S.S.; counsel noted father-in-law co-petitioner had been granted bail by a co-ordinate bench (order dt. 13.05.2025).
What did the court decide?
Petitioner directed to be released on bail in connection with Bidupur P.S. Case No. 399 of 2024 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Vaishali at Hajipur/concerned court, subject to the conditions under Section 480(3) of the B.N.S.S.