Priyanka Kumari v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4004 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-201 Year-2025 Thana- GORAUL District- Vaishali ====================================================== 1.
Priyanka Kumari W/o Pawan Kumar Resident of Village- Pirapur Mathura, P.S- Goraul, District- Vaishali 2.
Pawan Kumar S/o Subodh Singh Resident of Village- Pirapur Mathura, P.SGoraul, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioners :
Mr. Pranav Kumar, Advocate Mr. Rajeev Ranjan No. II, Advocate For the State :
Dr. Mrityunjaya Kr.Gautam, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-03-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 103 and 3(5) of the B.N.S..
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 16.04.2025, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including these petitioners, committed maar-peet with Tiwari Singh and subsequently, killed him by administering poison.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. Petitioner No. 1 is none else than
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4004 of 2026(3) dt.30-03-2026 2/3 own daughter of the deceased and Petitioner No. 2 is husband of Petitioner No. 1 and son-in-law of the deceased. Petitioners are living far away from the place of occurrence. As a matter of fact, on the alleged date and time of occurrence, there was a quarrel between the deceased and his wife and due to the same, the deceased committed suicide by consuming poison and informant, who happens to be cousin brother of the deceased, only with a view to grab the property of the deceased, falsely implicated these petitioners. During investigation, none of the witnesses have claimed to have seen these petitioners committing the alleged offence.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation and relationship between the parties, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4004 of 2026(3) dt.30-03-2026 3/3 amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M.-I, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Goraul P.S. Case No. 201 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T