Amit Rai @ Jhagaru v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2290 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-163 Year-2024 Thana- KHAIRA District- Saran ====================================================== Amit Rai @ Jhagaru Son of Lala Rai Resident of Village- Koreya, PSKhaira, Dist- Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bindhyachal Singh, Senior Advocate Mr. Ram Binod Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Satyendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 19-03-2026 Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in Khaira P.S. Case No. 163 of 2024 dated 21-06-2024, registered under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3.The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 20.06.2024 at about 8:30 PM, the petitioner along with co-accused Rajan Singh, Guddu Rai and three unknown persons came to the house of the informant and took away her son, Ranjan Rai, on the pretext of some work. When he did not return, search was made and on the next morning, his dead body was found hanging from a tree with a rope tied around his neck. It is alleged that the accused persons acting jointly had first

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2290 of 2026(3) dt.19-03-2026 2/3 strangulated him to death and thereafter hanged the body to conceal the offence.

4. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the only allegation against the petitioner is that he was last seen with the deceased and merely on the basis of suspicion, he has been implicated as an accused. It is next submitted that there is no material available in the case diary to suggest the complicity of the petitioner in the alleged occurrence. There is no eyewitness to the occurrence and the prosecution case is based entirely on circumstantial evidence. At best, the allegations disclose a case of suicide. Learned senior counsel further draws attention to paragraph no. 3 of the inquest report, wherein the cause of death has been mentioned as hanging. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner is in judicial custody since 02.09.2025 and has no criminal antecedents.

5. On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2290 of 2026(3) dt.19-03-2026 3/3 Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M. 1st Class, Saran at Chapra, in connection with Khaira P.S. Case No. 163 of 2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Khatim Reza, J) shyambihari/- U