Baleshwar Sahani @ Baleshwar Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12474 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-398 Year-2025 Thana- NAUTAN District- West Champaran ====================================================== Baleshwar Sahani @ Baleshwar Prasad S/O Ramayan Sahani @ Ramayan Prasad R/O Village- Maduwaha Tola Sihuliya, Police Station- Nautan District- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sarvesh Kashyap, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shailendra Kumar, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 238, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. It is alleged that all the F.I.R. named accused persons killed the daughter of informant on 09.08.2025 and hid the dead body to destroy the evidence. Dead body of the deceased was recovered on the disclosure of co-accused Jhunna Ansari, in a white coloured bag on 13.08.2025.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner has been made accused in this case only on suspicion merely because he is neighbour of in-laws of the deceased. Petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12474 of 2026(2) dt.09-04-2026 2/2 is separate in mess and property and has got no concern with family affairs of the deceased. Thrust of accusation is against husband of the deceased who is already in custody since 13.08.2025. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.

6. Considering backdrop of the case, nature of accusation and clean antecedent, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bailbond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Nautan P. S. Case No. 398 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T