Shailendra Singh @ Salo Singh @ Shailendra Kumar v. The State of Bihar
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Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 66422 of 2025, oral order dated 17-11-2025 by Honourable Mr. Justice Nawneet Kumar Pandey. Anticipatory bail application by Shailendra Singh @ Salo Singh @ Shailendra Kumar and Shabanam Devi (in-laws of the deceased, Asha Devi) against apprehended arrest in Pipariya P.S. Case No. 19 of 2013, District Lakhisarai (Sections 304(B), 201, 34 IPC; co-accused husband Gopal Singh). Allowed: no dowry-demand allegation against the petitioners (only against the husband) and the petitioners were not sent up for trial by the police despite the trial court taking cognizance. Relief: release on bail on arrest/surrender within four weeks, bail bond Rs. 10,000/- each with two like sureties, Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Lakhisarai, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions. Keywords: anticipatory bail, dowry death, 304-B, concealment of body, final form, cognizance, in-laws, Lakhisarai.