In Dr. Sushil Kumar Purbey & Ors. vs. The State of Bihar & Anr. (2026), Supreme Court's Division Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta delivered a 9-page long judgement dated March 9, 2026, wherein, it concluded:"....we are of the considered opinion that the High Court erred in applying different standards to persons who stand on an identical footing insofar as the nature of the allegations against them is concerned. Since the allegations against the present appellants and the sister-in-law are, in substance, the same, the reasoning that led the High Court to quash the proceedings against the sister-in-law ought equally to have led to the quashing of proceedings against the present appellants. The impugned order, to the extent that it declined to extend such relief to the appellants, cannot be sustained."
Supreme Court set aside the 3-page long order dated 8th August 2023 passed by Justice Sandeep Kumar of the Patna High Court "to the extent that it refused to quash the criminal proceedings against the present appellants. Consequently, all proceedings arising out of L.N.M.U. P.S. Case No. 81 of 2022, registered under Sections 341, 323, 498A and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, read with Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, are hereby quashed insofar as the present appellants are concerned. 12. In the result, the present criminal appeal is allowed in the above terms."
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