Pappu Sharma v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7867 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-209 Year-2024 Thana- NAUTAN District- West Champaran ====================================================== Pappu Sharma S/o Deonandan Sharma R/o Village- Dhumnagar Kachahari tola, P.S.- Nautan, Distt.- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. B.N.Mishra, Adv. With Mr. Brij Kishor Mishra Mr. Sachidanand Rai, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-03-2025 Heard Mr. B.N.Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 302, 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the marriage of informant's daughter was solemnized with co-accused Manoj Sharma and from the wedlock, three children were born. It is alleged that all the accused persons named in the F.I.R. including petitioner committed murder of daughter of the informant and also cremated her dead-body without giving any information to the informant.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7867 of 2025(2) dt.04-03-2025 2/2

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been made accused in this case merely because he happens to be younger brother of husband of the deceased. Petitioner is a government employee and posted at Bettiah and has got no concern with the affairs of deceased and her husband. Thrust of the accusation is against husband of the deceased, who is already in custody since 11.09.2024. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, in the event of arrest/surrender before the Court below within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Nautan P.S. Case No. 209 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay U T