Pradeep Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8949 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-194 Year-2022 Thana- ASHTHAWAN District- Nalanda ====================================================== Pradeep Paswan Son of Medhan Paswan @ Meghan Paswan Village- Jeeyar Bigha Pindi, par/ Jiyar Bigha, PS -Asthawan Dist -Nalnada ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajeev Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Umanath Mishra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Asthawan P.S. Case No. 194/2022 dated 06.07.2022 registered for the offences punishable u/s 304B, 302 and 120B read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have committed murder of his wife and daughter due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8949 of 2025(3) dt.18-09-2025 2/3 possession of the petitioner. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner who is husband and father of the deceased. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. It is submitted that the deceased was not subjected to torture and cruelty soon before her death for or in connection with demand of dowry. As per letter no. 103/2025, there are total ten charge-sheeted witnesses, in which there are six non official witnesses and four official witnesses out of which five non-official witnesses including the informant and one Doctor have been examined. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 20.08.2022.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner by submitting that the petitioner committed murder of his wife and daughter for the sake of dowry. It is a case of double murder. Earlier the regular bail of the petitioner was rejected by this court vide order dated 19.04.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 75142/2023.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8949 of 2025(3) dt.18-09-2025 3/3 the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Asthawan P.S. Case No. 194/2022 with the condition:- (i). The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bonds of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) atul/- U T