ORDER

1. Exemption Applications are allowed.

2. Leave granted.

3. This appeal is at the instance of the original complainant (mother of the deceased), seeking to challenge the legality and validity of the Order passed by the High Court dated 16-1-2026, releasing the Respondent No.2 - original accused (husband of the deceased), on bail in connection with the First Information Report dated 1-9-2024 registered with the Gopalpur Police station, State of Bihar for the offence punishable under Sections 103(1) and 80 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short, “BNS,2023) respectively.

4. It appears from the materials on record that the deceased was married to the accused past 1½ years. On 1-9-2024, the deceased was found dead at her matrimonial home in suspicious circumstances with external and internal injuries all over her body. The mother of the deceased lodged an FIR on the very same day and date. The FIR reads thus:

“I hereby state that I, Lai Muni Devi, wife of Budhan Prasad Sahu, village Gobar Sahi. Prasann Nagar, Police Station Sadar, District Muzaffarpur. The marriage of my daughter Harshika took place on 26 May 2023 with Vikas Kumar, son of Ramji Prasad Gupta Sahu, village- Goba