Geeta DeviversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44232 of 2026
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-31 Year-2026 Thana- MOTIPUR District- Muzaffarpur
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                 Geeta Devi, W/o Late Bhikhari Chaudhari @ Late Bhikhari Chaudhary, R/o
                 vill - Nakata, ward no. 11, P.S.- Motipur, Distt. - Muzaffarpur

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

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Anuj Kumar, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Arun Kumar Pandey, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   08-07-2026                   Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   A.P.P. for the State.

                                 2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with

                   Motipur P.S. Case No. 31 of 2026 registered for the offences

                   under Sections 80(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,

                   2023.

                                 3. The allegation against the petitioner is that she,

                   along with other family members, has strangulated the sister of

                   the informant, who happens to be the daughter-in-law of the

                   petitioner.

                                 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

                   petitioner is the mother-in-law of the deceased and has been

                   implicated in this case with general and omnibus allegations. It

                   has further been submitted that though the informant has alleged
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          that his sister was done to death by strangulation, however,

          contrary to the same, the postmortem report indicates that the

          deceased died due to asphyxia caused by antemortem hanging.

          It has next been submitted that the petitioner, being an old lady,

          has falsely been implicated with a general allegation of demand

          of dowry and being in connivance with others in the killing of

          her daughter-in-law. It has lastly been submitted that the

          petitioner has clean antecedent.

                       5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer

          for anticipatory bail.

                       6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case

          and the submissions advanced on behalf of the parties, let the

          petitioner above named be released on anticipatory bail, in the

          event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below

          within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail

          bonds of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like

          amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below

          where the case is pending/successor court in connection with

          Motipur P.S. Case No. 31 of 2026, subject to the conditions as

          laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal

          Procedure read with corresponding Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S.

          as well as subject to the following conditions:-

                          (i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be her
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                                        close relative.
                                        (ii) The petitioner shall remain physically present in
                                        Court on each date of the trial.
                                        (iii) In case of absence on two consecutive dates, or in
                                        violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the
                                        petitioner will be liable to be cancelled by the Court
                                        concerned.
                                        (iv) The learned Court below shall verify the criminal
                                        antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage it is
                                        found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal
                                        antecedent, the court below shall take step for
                                        cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the
                                        acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-
                                        mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or
                                        in the name of verification.

                                     7. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail is

                        allowed.

                                     8. It is made clear that the observation, if any, made in

                        this order, shall be of no bearing during the trial.



                                                 (Sourendra Pandey, J)
manoj/-

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