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under Sections 323, 504, 498(A) of the Indian Penal Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47231 of 2018 dt.10-11-2025 Code and 3/4 of DP Act whereby and where under the learned S.D.J.M., Bikramganj, Rohtas has rejected the petition filed by the petitioners under Section 239 of the Cr.P.C. for discharging him from case.

3. The prosecution story in brief is that the informant, Anjalika Sinha, was married to Chandan Kumar, son of Ratan Paswan (petitioner no.1), on 30.05.2015. After marriage, she alleges that her husband and in-laws demanded Rs. 20 lakhs as dowry and, on failure to meet this demand, subjected her to mental and physical harassment, including beatings at Bikramganj and Tripolia Hospital, Patna. On 07.03.2017, her in- laws allegedly came to her residence at Bikramganj V.I.P. Colony, verbally abused and assaulted her, forcibly took ornaments worth Rs. 15 lakhs and cash of Rs. 20,000, and that Chandan Kumar and Akshay Kumar also assaulted her mother, Manjhro Devi, with an iron rod. On these allegations, Bikramganj P.S. Case No. 60 of 2017 was registered on 07.03.2017 under Sections 323, 504, 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.