Patna High Court

Janardan SinghversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 28 January 2026
Disposal: DISMISSED
Bench: ALOK KUMAR SINHA

Holding

The anticipatory bail application was rejected.

Summary

The petitioners, Janardan Singh and his wife Parvati Devi, sought anticipatory bail under Section 80 read with Section 3(5) of the B.N.S. after being implicated in a dowry harassment case that allegedly led to the suicide of the informant's daughter. The prosecution alleged that the petitioners, along with others, repeatedly beat and threatened the daughter for dowry, culminating in her being driven out of the house and eventually committing suicide. The petitioners contended they were innocent, denying any demand for dowry or involvement in the victim's death, and argued that the allegations were vague and omnibus. The State opposed the bail, emphasizing the seriousness of the alleged offences. Considering the gravity of the accusations, the court declined to grant anticipatory bail and dismissed the application.

Issues considered

Whether anticipatory bail can be granted to the petitioners under Section 80 r/w Section 3(5) of the B.N.S. in view of the alleged dowry harassment and suicide.
Whether the allegations against the petitioners are sufficient to deny anticipatory bail.

Legislation cited

B.N.S. — s. 3(5), 80

Subjects

anticipatory bail
dowry harassment
suicide
Section 80
Section 3(5)
B.N.S.
criminal procedure
bail denial

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1414 of 2026
                       Arising Out of PS. Case No.-237 Year-2025 Thana- KOCHAS District- Rohtas
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           1.     Janardan Singh Son of Late Bantu Singh@Bandhu Singh R/o Ward no.3,
                  Pakri Ke Paas, Kochas, District- Rohtas, Bihar- 821112
           2.    Parvati Devi Wife of Janardan Singh R/o Ward no.3, Pakri Ke Paas, Kochas,
                 District- Rohtas, Bihar- 821112

                                                                                  ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Sukesh Ranjan, Adv
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Lalan Kumar, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   28-01-2026                    Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned

                   A.P.P. for the State.

                                2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection

                   with Kochas P.S. Case No. 237 of 2025, registered for the

                   offence punishable under Section 80 r/w Section 3(5) of the

                   B.N.S.

                                3. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that the

                   marriage of the informant’s daughter was solemnized in the year

                   2024 with the petitioners’ son. A few months after the marriage,

                   the petitioners along with other co-accused persons used to beat

                   and threaten her in the name of dowry. Panchayat was held

                   again and again but people used to tell her daughter that unless
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          she asks for two lakh rupees as dowry she will continue to be

          beaten. One day, all accused persons named in the FIR had

          beaten her daughter badly and driven her out of the house and

          said that we won't keep her unless she pay Rs. 2,00,000/-. The

          informant borrowed one lakh rupees from relative and give it to

          her daughter's in-laws to accommodate her daughter at her in

          law's house. On 17.09.2025 at about 6:30 P.M., the informant

          received an information from the Kochas Police Station that her

          daughter had committed suicide by hanging herself from a

          ceiling fan and when they arrived, they found her daughter’s

          body at Sadar Hospital, Sasaram for post mortem and cause of

          death is Asphyxia due to hanging.

                       4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the

          petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the

          present case. The petitioners have neither demanded any dowry

          nor assaulted or tried to kill the victim. The allegations levelled

          against the petitioners are general and omnibus in nature.

                       5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer of

          anticipatory bail.

                       6. Considering the nature and gravity of the offence

          alleged to have been committed by the petitioners, this Court is

          not inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the
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                        petitioners.

                                     7.    Accordingly,         the   present   anticipatory   bail

                        application stands rejected.



                                                 (Alok Kumar Sinha, J)
kiran/-

U         T

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