Vibha Singh @ Vibha Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19170 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-278 Year-2025 Thana- BARARI District- Katihar ====================================================== 1.
Vibha Singh @ Vibha Devi W/o- Jitendra Singh R/v- Balua Ps- Barari DistKatihar 2.
Golu Singh @ Akshans Kumar S/o- Jitendra Singh R/v- Balua Ps- Barari Dist- Katihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ajit Kumar Singh, Advocate.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 07-04-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1) and 3(5) of the B.N.S.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and are mother and son. It is next submitted that informant alleges that on 29.08.2023 at 11.30 A.M., he came to his house and saw people had gathered and one room was locked, hence the room was opened when he saw his sister hanging, next alleges that his sister was in a relationship with petitioner no.2 and when the
2/4 said fact was disclosed to his family members, they threatened to kill him, thus based on suspicion alleges that petitioners along with Jitendra finding the victim alone entered the house and forcefully hanged her.
4. Learned counsel submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that sister of the informant was in a relationship with petitioner no.2 and the relationship was being objected. It is next submitted that from perusal of the FIR, it would manifest that informant himself alleges that when he came to his house, he saw people have gathered and the room was locked from inside and thus the same was opened when he saw his sister hanging. It is further submitted that it appears that since informant and his family members were against the relationship, hence was torturing the victim which led the victim to commit suicide. It is also submitted that Jitendra Singh had approached this Court seeking regular bail by filing Cr. Misc. No.
5978 of 2026 and the same was allowed by an order dated 04.02.2026 passed by a learned coordinate Bench. It is further submitted that the case of the petitioners if not akin is similar to the case of Jitendra Singh but then Jitendra Singh was granted the privilege of regular bail.
3/4 the privilege of regular bail after considering the case on merits, no useful purpose would be served by sending the petitioners to jail.
5. Learned A.P.P. Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners and submits that in the event if privilege of anticipatory bail is granted, the petitioners may abscond, on which, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits that petitioners will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove their innocence.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Barari P.S. Case No.278/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. However, it is made clear that in the event if the Investigating Officer of the case files an application before the learned trial court bringing to its notice that the petitioners
4/4 despite giving assurance to this court are not co-operating in the investigation in that event the learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioners. (Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T