Dhananjay Das @ Dhananjay Kr. v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12519 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-922 Year-2024 Thana- GAYA MUFASIL District- Gaya ====================================================== Dhananjay Das @ Dhananjay Kr. S/o Durga Das R/o Village - Gajanpur, P.S - Paraiya, District - Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Aryan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Shyam Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 08-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under section 108 of the BNS.
3. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the petitioner was having an illicit relationship with the 24-year-old daughter of the informant on the pretext of marriage. On 19.10.2024, the petitioner allegedly called her, and shortly thereafter informed the informant that his daughter had committed suicide by drowning in the river. The dead body was subsequently recovered from the river with the assistance of the SDRF team.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12519 of 2026(3) dt.08-04-2026 2/3 petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in connection with the present case. It is further submitted that the earlier bail application of the petitioner was rejected vide order dated 16.05.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 12843 of 2025 by a learned co-ordinate Bench. It is further submitted that a report was called for from the learned trial court, and upon perusal of the same, it transpires that, till date, only charges have been framed and no prosecution witness has been examined.
5. Learned counsel further submits that, from perusal of the F.I.R., it is evident that it was the petitioner himself who informed the informant regarding the occurrence, stating that the deceased had jumped into the river, and the body was also recovered with the assistance of the SDRF team. It is further submitted that the learned trial court has recorded that the cause of death of the deceased was asphyxia and shock due to drowning. It is further submitted that no ante-mortem injury was found on the person of the deceased, and the sole cause of death was drowning, which supports the version of suicide. It is further submitted that the case has been instituted under Section 108 of the B.N.S., and the charge-sheet has also been submitted under the same section. The petitioner is in custody since 21.10.2024 having no criminal antecedent.
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6. Learned A.P.P. has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail.
7. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail in connection with Gaya Muffasil P.S. Case No. 922 of 2024 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya.
(Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) Jagdish/- U T