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2026 Supreme(Online)(Pat) 3416

PATNA HIGH COURT
PARTHA SARTHY, J
Samtola Devi – Appellant
Versus
The State of Bihar – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Petitioner/s: Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Pandey
For the Respondent/s: Ms. Anita Kumari, APP

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER

2 28-01-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending her arrest in connection with Lauriya P.S. Case no. 433 of 2025 registered under sections 126(2), 115(2), 89, 85, 352, 79 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act .

3. As per the prosecution case, the informant was married to the son of the petitioner herein. It is stated that the accused persons tortured the informant for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry by way of Rs.2,00,000/- and a four wheeler vehicle. They threatened that the husband of the informant would be married for the second time. The informant alleges assault by all the accused persons and that the petitioner herein who happens to be her mother-in-law and her sister-in-law (husband’s sister) pushed her out of the house. She was taken to the hospital for treatment. She also aborted and was treated in the hospital.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case only for the reason that she happens to be the mo

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