Rishi Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22220 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-284 Year-2025 Thana- LALGANJ District- Vaishali ====================================================== Rishi Sahni, aged about 28 years, Male, S/O Rambali Sahni, Resident of Village- Salempur, P.S- Lalganj, District- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shyameshwar Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH CHAND MALVIYA ORAL ORDER 22-07-2026 Today, this case is listed under the heading 'To Be Mentioned'.

2. From perusal of the order dated 16.07.2026, it appears that 16.07.2026 in paragraph nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 has wrongly been typed, therefore, it is being modified as follows:- "3. As per allegation in the FIR, the daughter of the informant has been killed, due to non-fulfilment of dowry demand, i.e., cash of Rs.1,51,000/- and other house hold articles by the petitioner and other co-accused persons and the petitioner is husband of the deceased.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. He next submits that petitioner is the husband of the deceased and there is no specific allegation against him, there is general and omnibus against the petitioner and there is never put any demand of dowry either before the deceased or before her family members. Petitioner has got clean antecedent as stated in para-3 of the petition and he is in custody since

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22220 of 2026(5) dt.22-07-2026 2/2 06.08.2025. He next submits that except the petitioner, who is the husband of the deceased, the other co-accused persons have already been granted bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court passed in Cr.Misc. No.87518 of 2025.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the petitioner is the husband of the deceased and petitioner is the main accused in this case.

6. On perusal of the first information report, case diary, postmortem report of the deceased and impugned order dated 12.02.2026, it appears that the petitioner along with four others alleged to have killed the daughter of the informant and during course of investigation, several witnesses have supported the case of the prosecution and postmortem report also suggests that the cause of death is unnatural and the death of the deceased occurred within seven years of marriage, during investigation, the case was found to be true and chargesheet was filed against the petitioner under Sections 80, 238(2) and 3(5) of the BNS, so I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner."

7. Accordingly, the order dated 16.07.2026 is modified to the aforesaid extent and remaining parts of the order dated 16.07.2026 shall remain intact.

(Ramesh Chand Malviya, J) Brajesh Kumar/- U T