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2026 Supreme(Online)(Pat) 3813

PATNA HIGH COURT
Prabhat Kumar Singh, J
Gudiya Kumari @ Gudiya Devi, Mohan Kumar @ Mohan Kumar Mahto, Sunil Kumar @ Sunil Singh, Indrashan Devi – Appellant
Versus
The State of Bihar – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Pranav Kumar, Mr. Rajeev Ranjan No. II, Ms. Kumari Seema Singh
For the Respondents: Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, APP

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER

3 09-02-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 304B , 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code .

3. It is a case of dowry death. As per prosecution case, informant alleged that marriage of her daughter was solemnized with co-accused Arun Singh in the year 2021 as per Hindu rites and rituals and thereafter, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including these petitioners, committed torture and harassment with the victim due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry and subsequently, all the accused persons committed murder of the victim.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. Informant is not an eye witness to the occurrence. Petitioners have falsely been implicated in this case merely because Petitioner No. 1 happens to be married sister-in-law Petitioner No. 2 happens to be brother-in-law, Petitioner Nos. 3 and 4 happen to be Bhaisur and Gotani of t

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