Jai Mangal Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13247 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-148 Year-2025 Thana- SANJHOLI District- Rohtas ====================================================== Jai Mangal Yadav Son of Ramlal Singh Resident of Village- Bensagar (Khutahan), P.S.- Sanjhauli, District- Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Nagendra Upadhyay, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Jai Narain Thakur, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH CHAND MALVIYA ORAL ORDER 12-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sanjhauli P.S. Case No. 148 of 2025 for the offence registered under sections 80(2), 3(5) of BNS and 3⁄4 of D.P. Act.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that the victim lady was married to Gulshan Kumar on 17.06.2023 but on 31.07.2025, came the news about her death. When they went to the in-laws house, found her hanging with her dupatta around her neck. As the demand of dowry was there prior to the death.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a father-in-law of the deceased and he is aged about
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13247 of 2026(2) dt.12-03-2026 2/3 70 years of old. Further, to the best of his knowledge, the husband is in custody, the reason has been recorded in the learned Sessions Judge order as Asphyxia due to hanging. It is next submitted that that one of the co-accused has already granted bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 26.02.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 13067 of 2026. Petitioner has got clean antecedent as stated in Paragraph No. 3 of the petition.
5. Learned APP for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the aforesaid fact that co-accused has already granted bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 26.02.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 13067 of 2026 as also the fact that the petitioner is aged about 70 years, having no criminal antecedent, this Court is inclined to grant him the anticipatory bail with conditions.
7. Let the petitioner in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the order, shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-1st, Bikramganj (Rohtas) in connection with
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13247 of 2026(2) dt.12-03-2026 3/3 Sanjhauli P.S. Case No. 148 of 2025 subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
(i) one of the bailor should be the family members/relatives of the petitioner, who shall provide official document (Aadhar Card, PAN Card, Driving License, Voter ID) to show his bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bond by the Trial court itself;
(iii) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(iv) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds. (Ramesh Chand Malviya, J) Mayank/- U T