Patna High Court
Vikrama Singh @ Bikrama SinghversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- ANSHUMAN
Holding
The Court granted bail to the petitioners, subject to a bond and conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.
Summary
Vikrama Singh and Phula Devi, the elderly father‑in‑law and mother‑in‑law of a deceased woman, were named in an FIR (Tarari PS Case No. 166 of 2025) alleging dowry demand, threat and disappearance under Sections 80, 238(a) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. They sought bail, asserting innocence, that the alleged motorcycle and money demands were false, and that the husband of the deceased was already in custody. The State opposed bail but acknowledged the petitioners' advanced age. The Court examined the allegations, the petitioners' clean antecedent and the fact that the primary accused (the husband) was already detained. It ordered that the petitioners be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.30,000 each, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.
Issues considered
- Whether bail should be granted to the petitioners under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 in view of the allegations of dowry demand and threat.
- Whether the petitioners' age and clean antecedent warrant bail despite the seriousness of the offences alleged.
Legislation cited
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — s. 2(1)(d), 238(a), 3(5), 482(2), 80
Subjects
- bail
- dowry death
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- criminal procedure
- elderly accused
- Section 80
- Section 238
- Section 3(5)
- Section 482
- Section 2(1)(d)
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36091 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-166 Year-2025 Thana- TARARI District- Bhojpur
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1. Vikrama Singh @ Bikrama Singh S/O Late Bhola Singh R/O Village and
Post- Gahrua, P.S- Tarari, Distt.- Bhojpur, Bihar.
2. Phula Devi @ Fula Devi @ Shobha Devi W/O Vikrama Singh @ Bikrama
Singh R/O Village and Post- Gahrua, P.S- Tarari, Distt.- Bhojpur, Bihar.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Ms. Riya Raj, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Jagdhar Prasad, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN
ORAL ORDER
2 01-06-2026 The Court proceeding is being conducted through
virtual mode.
2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and
learned APP for the State.
3. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in
connection with Tarari P.S. Case No. 166 of 2025, lodged on
30.09.2025, for the offence punishable under Sections 80,
238(a) & 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
4. As per the prosecution, FIR has been lodged against
five named accused persons including the present petitioners.
The marriage of the informant’s daughter solemnized with the
petitioners’ son on 28.05.2025. Subsequently, the demand of
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dowry is there and the allegation of threat is also there in the
FIR. On 26.09.2025, the husband of the deceased has called the
informant that his daughter is ill and requested to reach the
hospital and when they reached the hospital then they found that
his daughter is not there. Thereafter, the informant with his son
and wife went to her daughter’s sasural, then they got
information that all the accused persons fled away from the
house.
5. Learned counsel for the petitioners submit that the
petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence.
Counsel submits that the entire allegation is false and the
demand of motorcycle and money is also false, as the said
motorcycle is registered in the name of informant’s son. He
submits that in this case, the husband of the deceased is already
in custody since 15.10.2025 and the present petitioners are
father in law and mother in law of the deceased, aged about 75
years and 66 years respectively. Counsel submits that with
regard to their innocence, the representation has been made to
the Superintendent of Police, Bhojpur at Ara. He submits that
marriage card has been annexed as Annexure-P/2 by which it
become crystal clear that the deceased visited to her maika one
day before her death. He further submits that the petitioners
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have clean antecedent.
6. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for
bail of the petitioners but fairly submits that the husband of the
deceased is already in custody as per the pleading and the
present petitioners are father in law and mother in law of the
deceased, aged about 75 years and 66 years respectively.
7. As such, in the present facts and circumstances of
this case, let the above named petitioners be released on bail, in
the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a
period of 4 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of
Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand) each as mentioned in
Section 2(1)(d) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 to the satisfaction of
J.M.F.C., Bhojpur, Ara, in connection with Tarari P.S. Case No.
166 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down U/s 482(2)
of the B.N.S.S., 2023.
(Dr. Anshuman, J)
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