Shanti Kunwar @ Shanti Kuer v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No.30225 of 2026; decided 08-05-2026; Justice Sandeep Kumar (oral order); anticipatory bail allowed; Bikramganj P.S. Case No. 792 of 2025; Thana Bikramganj, District Rohtas; Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Sections 126(2), 115(2), 85, 109, 3(5); dowry demand; assault and torture of informant; Section 482(2) BNSS bail conditions; women accused; elderly petitioner (aged about 86); mother-in-law and sister-in-law (Gotini) of informant; bail bonds Rs.10,000 with two like sureties; petitioners Shanti Kunwar @ Shanti Kuer and Priyanka Devi @ Priyanka Kumari; State of Bihar opposed through learned APP; advocates Shashi Kant (for petitioners) and Arun Kumar Pandey (for State).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail allowed: petitioners to be released on bail upon arrest or surrender within four weeks, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.