IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 533 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-119 Year-2021 Thana- PIPRAHI District- Sheohar ======================================================

Sumant Chaubey @ Sumant Kumar Chaubey Son of Gauri Shankar Chaubey Resident of Village - Parsauni Baij, P.S.- Piprahi, District - Sheohar.

... ... Appellant/s Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. Sujit Kumar Son of Awadhesh Pandey Resident of Village - Bira, Chhapra, P.S.- Shyampur Bhatta, District - Sheohar.

... ... Respondent/s ======================================================

with CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 532 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-119 Year-2021 Thana- PIPRAHI District- Sheohar ======================================================

Nilam Devi W/o Sumant Chaubey R/o vill - Parsauni Baij, P.S- Piprahi, Distt.- Sheohar ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ======================================================

with CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 541 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-119 Year-2021 Thana- PIPRAHI District- Sheohar ======================================================

Vicky Kr. Choubey @ Jyoti Raman Chaubey S/o Sumant Kumar Chaubey R/o Village- Parsauni Baij, PS- Piprahi, Distt- Sheohar ... ... Appellant/s Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. Sujit Kumar S/o Awadhesh Pandey R/o vill - Bira, Chhapra, P.s.- Shyampur Bhatta, Distt.- Sheohar ... ... Respondent/s ======================================================

Appearance :

(In CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 533 of 2025)

For the Appellant/s : Mrs. Neetu Jha, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Dilip Kumar Sinha, APP (In CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 532 of 2025)

For the Appellant/s : Mrs. Neetu Jha, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Dilip Kumar Sinha, APP (In CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 541 of 2025)

For the Appellant/s : Mrs. Neetu Jha, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Dilip Kumar Sinha, APP ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH)

10 21-01-2026 Heard the learned counsel for the appellants, Mrs.

Neetu Jha and the Ld. APP for the State, Mr. Dilip Kumar Sinha.

2. The aforesaid three appeals have been filed against the judgment of conviction and the order of sentence dated 20.02.2025 and 24.02.2025, respectively passed by the learned Court of Sessions Judge, Sheohar in Sessions Trial No.113 of 2021 (arising out of Piprahi P.S. Case No.119 of 2021) whereby and whereunder the appellants of the aforesaid three appeals, have been convicted under Sections 304B/34, 302/34 & 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as “the IPC”). The appellants have been sentenced to undergo life imprisonment under Section 302/34 of the IPC with fine of Rs.10,000/-each and in default of payment of the same, they have been further directed to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months. The appellants have also been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years U/s. 201/34 of the IPC with fine of Rs.5000/- and in default of payment of the same, they have been further directed to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three months. However, no separate sentence has been awarded under Section 304-B of the IPC. All the sentences have been directed to run concurrently.

3. The records of the aforesaid appeals have been placed before this Court to consider the prayer of the appellants for suspension of their sentence and release on bail during the pendency of these appeals.

4. Short facts of the case, according to the written report dated 07.06.2021, filed by the informant, namely Sujit Kumar (PW-4), i.e. the brother of the deceased is that the marriage of her sister, namely Priyanka Kumari was solemnized on 03.07.2014 with Vicky Chaubey (the appellant of third case) and in the said marriage, the father of the informant had given cash amounting to a sum of Rs.1,51,000/-, furniture, clothes, silver and gold