Najma Khatoon Vs The State of Bihar

====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Md Azim Uddin, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anil Prasad Singh, A.P.P. ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER

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4 13-02-2026

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP

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for the State.

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The petitioners seek bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80(2) and 3(5) of B.N.S 2023.

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As per the prosecution case, petitioners and other killed the daughter of the informant for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits, at the outset, that the petitioners are the old and ailing mother-in-law and father-inlaw of the deceased and, as a matter of fact, they never indulged in any kind of dowry demand or torture upon the deceased. It is further submitted that, at the time of occurrence, the petitioner no.1, motherin-law, of the deceased had gone to her daughter’s house while

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74601 of 2025(4) dt.13-02-2026 2/3

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petitioner no. 2, father-in-law, was also not present in the house and had gone for farming and as soon as they discovered the dead body of the deceased hanging in their house, they immediately informed their son, Afroz Ansari, the husband of the deceased, who telephonically informed the informant, and this fact would be evident from the First Information Report itself. It is further submitted that the postmortem report also indicates the cause of death as asphyxia due to hanging which supports the factum of suicide. Learned counsel has also brought to notice the fact that the husband of the deceased has also been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 27.01.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 3859 of 2026, taking into consideration the fact that the information about the death had been made to the informant by the husband from Dubai. Petitioners are in custody since 30.05.2025 and charge sheet has already been submitted. Petitioners have no criminal antecedents.

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Learned APP for the State opposes the bail petition.

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Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and also considering the fact that the petitioners are old and ailing in-laws of the deceased, coupled with the fact that there are materials to suggest that the death may have been caused on account of a suicide and also considering the fact that the death was informed to the informant, the above named petitioners are directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74601 of 2025(4) dt.13-02-2026 3/3

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satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Naya Bhojpur P.S. Case No. of 60 of 2025.

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However, the petitioners shall be attending each and every date fixed in the trial and in case charges have not been framed, they will even co-operate in getting the charges framed.

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(Soni Shrivastava, J)

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vashudha/-

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