Triful Devi Vs The State of Bihar

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.90278 of 2025

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-18 Year-2025 Thana- Balwahat District- Saharsa

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Triful Devi W/o- Late Shivo Mahto Village- Barsam Ward No- 05 Police Station- Balwahat District- Saharsa

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Bulbul Devi @ Sukani Mahto W/o- Mukesh Kumar @ Mukesh Mahto Village- Barsam Ward No- 05 Police Station- Balwahat District- Saharsa

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Khabru Mahto S/o- Sukamar Mahto Village- Barsam Ward No- 05 Police Station- Balwahat District- Saharsa

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Dipak Mahto @ Deepak Mahto S/o- Khabru Mahto Village- Barsam Ward No- 05 Police Station- Balwahat District- Saharsa

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Ful Kumari Devi W/o- Pramod Maht, D/o- Late Shibo Mahto VillageBarsam Ward No- 05 Police Station- Balwahat District- Saharsa, P/AMohanpur Dehad, W.No-14, Ps- Sonbarsa Raj Dist- Saharsa

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Satish Kumar Singh, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Nawal Kishore Prasad, APP

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER

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2 15-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

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The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Balwa Hat P.S. Case No. 18 of 2025 dated 26.01.2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80, 108, 61(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S. (corresponding Sections 304B, 306, 120B, 34 of the I.P.C.).

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As per prosecution case, the accusation against the accused persons including the petitioners is of demanding

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.90278 of 2025(2) dt.15-01-2026 2/3

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money as dowry and subjected her to cruelty and, on account of non-fulfillment of the alleged dowry demand, they killed the Informant’s daughter.

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Learned counsel for the petitioners, by referring to the allegations made in the F.I.R., submits that the entire allegations made by the Informant is mainly against the husband of the deceased and the police, upon investigation, had filed chargesheet only against the husband of the deceased but, by differing with the police report, the cognizance as against the petitioners is said to have been taken and the petitioner nos. 1 to 4 are inlaws and relatives while the petitioner no.5 is the married sisterin-law of the deceased. It has next been submitted that the husband of the deceased is already languishing in judicial custody since 03.03.2025 and the petitioner are law abiding persons and there is no chance of absconding or tampering with the evidences. All the petitioners are living separately and have a separate mess and had no cause or concern with the internal family disputes which is alleged in the F.I.R.

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On the other hand, the learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioners.

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Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the husband of the deceased is already

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.90278 of 2025(2) dt.15-01-2026 3/3

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in judicial custody, this Court is inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1^st Saharsa in connection with Balwahat P.S. Case No. 18 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

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(Ajit Kumar, J)

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rishi/-

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Triful Devi v. The State of Bihar

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