Rajendar Rai @ Rajendra Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2387 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-215 Year-2024 Thana- LALGANJ District- Vaishali ====================================================== Rajendar Rai @ Rajendra Rai S/O Late Nandan Rai R/O Village- Jafrabad, P.S- Lalganj, Distt.- Vaishali.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Alok Kumar Alok For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Satya Nand Shukla ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80(2), 103, 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023.

3. As per F.I.R., sister of the informant was married with co-accused Arun Kumar on 28.04.2015 and after the marriage, when sister of informant went to her Sasural, all the accused persons named in the F.I.R. including petitioner subjected her to cruelty and harassment for additional demand of dowry and due to non-fulfillment of same, on 22.07.2024, they killed sister of informant and disappeared her dead-body. On search, the dead-body of sister of informant was found in a bush.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2387 of 2025(5) dt.11-07-2025 2/3

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is father-in-law of the deceased. Petitioner is separate in mess and property and has got no concern with the affairs of couple. Informant is not eye-witness to the occurrence. As a matter of fact, the deceased and her husband were pressurizing for partition of ancestral property and when this petitioner refused to do so, the deceased committed suicide and this false and concocted case has been lodged by brother of deceased. Husband of deceased has not been made accused in this case, which itself shows ill motive of the informant. Allegation is general and omnibus. Petitioner claims clean antecedent and is in custody since 25.07.2024. Chargesheet has been submitted.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioners.

6. However, considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioners, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Lalganj P.S. Case No. 215 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2387 of 2025(5) dt.11-07-2025 3/3 B.N.S.S., 2023.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay U T