Dropadi Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 14808 of 2026, order dated 01-04-2026, Arun Kumar Jha, J. Anticipatory bail allowed to Dropadi Devi (mother-in-law of informant) in Naugachia Mahila P.S. Case No. 35 of 2025, Bhagalpur, under Sections 498A/341/323/504/506 r/w Section 34 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 D.P. Act; allegations of Rs. 5 lakhs dowry demand and torture of daughter-in-law married in 2018; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two like sureties to SDJM Naugachia; conditions under Section 482(2) B.N.S.S.; counsel: Ms. Prerna Anand for petitioner, Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, APP for State; informant Monika Kumari.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: petitioner to be released on bail upon arrest or surrender within eight weeks, on bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Naugachia, Bhagalpur, subject to Section 482(2) B.N.S.S. conditions and the further conditions that one bailor be a close relative and that the petitioner remain present on dates fixed by the trial Court if required.