Jatashankar Sharma @ Jatashankar Thakur @ Jaysankar Thakur v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10494 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-145 Year-2025 Thana- INARWA District- West Champaran ====================================================== 1.
Jatashankar Sharma @ Jatashankar Thakur @ Jaysankar Thakur S/o- Suresh Thakur Village- Inarwa Bazar PS- Inarwa Distt- West Champaran 2.
Sugandhi Devi @ Sugan Devi W/o- Jatashankar Sharma @ Jatashankar Thakur @ Jaysankar Thakur Village- Inarwa Bazar PS- Inarwa Distt- West Champaran 3.
Nandani Devi @ Rajnandni Kumari @ Rajmmdni Kumari w/o- Jatashankar Sharma @ Jatashankar Thakur @ Jaysankar Thakur Village- Inarwa Bazar PS- Inarwa Distt- West Champaran, P/A- Nawalpur Ps- Nawalpur Dist- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Jitendra Narain Sinha, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Jagdhar Prasad, APP For the informant :
Mr. Dhandev Kumar, Advocate Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 12-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Inarwa P.S. Case No. 145/2025 lodged on 17.11.2025, for the offences punishable under sections 80(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. As per the prosecution case, the F.I.R. has been lodged against five named accused persons alleging that they did not take proper care of the victim, as a result of which she
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10494 of 2026(2) dt.12-03-2026 2/3 died.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence. He further submits that from the contents of the F.I.R., it becomes crystal clear that the F.I.R. has been lodged merely on the basis of suspicion that the petitioners did not take proper care of the victim, who was the daughter-in-law of the family. Learned counsel further submits that petitioner nos. 1, 2 and 3 are the father-in-law, mother-in-law and the married sister-in-law of the victim respectively. It is also submitted that the husband of the victim has already surrendered before the learned trial court.
5. Learned counsel appearing for the informant, on the other hand, vehemently opposes the prayer for bail and submits that there are specific allegations against the petitioners that they failed to take proper care of the victim, as a result of which she died.
6. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.
7. In the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above-named petitioners be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of 30,000/- ₹
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10494 of 2026(2) dt.12-03-2026 3/3 (Rupees Thirty Thousand only) each, as mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to the satisfaction of the learned Court below JM, First Class, Bettiah, West Champaran, in connection with the aforementioned case, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Dr. Anshuman, J) Ashwini/- U T