IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13123 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-70 Year-2025 Thana- Bahera District- Gaya ======================================================

1. Matiya Devi W/o Nandu Yadav Resident of Village- Ghoraghat, P.S.-

Bahera, District- Gaya

2. Sarita Devi W/o Manoj Yadav Resident of Village- Ghoraghat, P.S.- Bahera, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Bhaskar Shankar,Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Surendra Kumar, APP ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER

2 26-02-2026 Heard the parties.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Bahera P.S. Case No. 70/ 2025 registered for the offence(s)

punishable under Section(s) 103, 123 and 3(5) of the BNS.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioner no.1 is mother-in-law and petitioner no.2 is sister-in- law of the deceased and the investigation in respect of co- accused, Manoj Yadav has been completed and charge-sheet has been submitted against him under section 108 of the BNS, concluding that the death of the deceased was suicidal, though, the police made the finding that the accused abetted the deceased to commit suicide but the facts of the FIR clearly shows that there was no any kind of abetment on the part of the accused persons including the petitioners to abet the deceased to commit suicide and there was only a simple family dispute in between the deceased and the petitioners, who were residing in the same house in different rooms. It is further submitted that on the date of the alleged death of the deceased, the deceased’s own daughter, Arushi Kumari, was residing with her and after returning from school, she found her mother lying in unconscious condition on the bed but she did not reveal anything suggesting the commission of abetment on the part of the petitioners to instigate the deceased to take her own life. It is further submitted that both the petitioners are ladies and in the FIR, there is no specific allegation against them and in the post- mortem examination, no external injury was found on the body of the deceased which falsifies the allegation of poisoning of the deceased by the accused persons.

4. Learned APP appearing for the State has opposed the bail prayer of the petitioners.

5. In the facts and circumstances of this case as well as considering the aforesaid submissions, the pleas taken by the petitioners in their application coupled with the finding of the doctor in the post-mortem report of the deceased, this court is inclined to grant the relief of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, let the petitioners named-above, in the event of their arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Bahera P.S. Case No. 70/ 2025 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

(Shailendra Singh, J)

BKS/-

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