Patna High Court
CR. MISC./22270/2026 of Bijay Thakur @ Bijay Kumar Thakur Vs The State of Bihar on 20 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22270 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-169 Year-2019 Thana- HARLAKHI District- Madhubani ====================================================== 1. Bijay Thakur @ Bijay Kumar Thakur S/O Late Bhola Thakur R/O Village- Kataharwa, Bituhar,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22270 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-169 Year-2019 Thana- HARLAKHI District- Madhubani
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1.
Bijay Thakur @ Bijay Kumar Thakur S/O Late Bhola Thakur R/O Village- Kataharwa, Bituhar, P.S.- Harlakhi, Distt.- Madhubani.
2.
Nutan Devi W/O Bijay Thakur @ Bijay Kumar Thakur R/O Village- Kataharwa, Bituhar, P.S.- Harlakhi, Distt.- Madhubani.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1.
The State of Bihar
2.
Chandni Devi D/O Ram Milan Thakur R/O Village- Semhali, P.S.- Khirhar, Distt.- Madhubani.
... ... Opposite Party/s
Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Gagandeo Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Udeshya Kr. Yadav, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
ORAL ORDER
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20-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 498(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Allegation against petitioners is of commission of torture and cruelty to the informant for dowry.
4. Petitioner no. 1 is father-in-law and petitioner no. 2 is mother-in-law of the informant/opposite party no. 2. Thrust of the accusation is against husband of the informant. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with the family affairs of informant and her husband.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22270 of 2026(6) dt.20-08-2026
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5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioners.
6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Benipatti, Madhubani in connection with Harlakhi P.S. Case No. 169 of 2019, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. / Section 482 of the B.N.S.S.
anay (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T
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