Patna High Court
CR. MISC./57678/2026 of Dinesh Ram Vs The State of Bihar on 19 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57678 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-264 Year-2025 Thana- BOCHAHAN District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== 1. Dinesh Ram S/O Ramdev Ram Resident of Village- Wazidpur Majhauli, P.S. Bochaha, District-
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57678 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-264 Year-2025 Thana- BOCHAHAN District- Muzaffarpur
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1.
Dinesh Ram S/O Ramdev Ram Resident of Village- Wazidpur Majhauli, P.S.
Bochaha, District- Muzaffarpur.
2.
Maheshwar Ram S/O Late Raghunath Ram @ Chauthai Ram Resident of Village- Ragho Majhauli, P.S.- Bochaha, Distt.- Muzaffarpur.
3.
Phulpari Devi W/O Dinesh Ram Resident of Village- Wazidpur Majhauli, P.S. Bochaha, District-Muzaffarpur.
4.
Mamta Devi W/O Vijay Ram Resident of Village- Wazidpur Majhauli, P.S.
Bochaha, District-Muzaffarpur.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr.Hasnain Haider, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Md. Mushtaque Alam, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA
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19-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Bochaha P.S. Case no.264 of 2025 registered under sections 103(1), 238 and 3(5) of BNS, 2023.
3. Allegation in the F.I.R is that accused persons killed the informant’s daughter.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the present petitioners happen to be the uncle-in-law, co-villager, paternal aunt-in-law and maternal aunt-in-law of the deceased and there are general and omnibus allegation against them in the F.I.R along with 15 other unknown persons. It is further submitted that there are general and omnibus allegations of Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57678 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026
subjecting the deceased to cruelty on account of her being issueless and demand of dowry, however, Section 80 of BNS has not been levelled as the marriage is about 10 years old. It is further submitted that devars and husband of the deceased were taken into custody and devars have now been released on regular bail whereas husband of the deceased is still in custody. As a matter of fact, death of deceased had taken place on account of heart attack, however, no postmortem was held. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent and undertake to co- operate in case/trial.
5. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.
6. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and also considering the fact that general and omnibus nature of allegations against these petitioners who happen to be the relatives of the husband of the deceased and co-villager, coupled with the fact that husband of the deceased is already in custody, it is directed that the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Bochaha P.S. Case no.264 of 2025 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57678 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026
(Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court concerned where the case is pending/successor Court, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S, 2023.
Harsh/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T