Mahendra Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23479 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1313 Year-2024 Thana- MAHUA District- Vaishali ====================================================== 1.
Mahendra Paswan son of Late Janak Paswan Resident of villageGangaharpur PS- Mahua Dist- Vaishali 2.
Parbati Devi Wife of Mahendra Paswan Resident of village- Gangaharpur PS- Mahua Dist- Vaishali 3.
Abadhes Paswan @ Abadhesh Kumar son of Mahendra Paswan Resident of village- Gangaharpur PS- Mahua Dist- Vaishali 4.
Kiran Kumari @ Kiran Devi Wife of Sandesh paswan @ Abadhes Paswan Resident of village- Gangaharpur PS- Mahua Dist- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajeev Ranjan No. II, Adv.
Mrs. Kumari Rupa, Adv.
Mrs. Priyanka Kumari, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nirmal Kumar Sinha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 30-04-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 85, 80, 3(5) of BNS.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that his daughter was married to Bhola Paswan an year ago, after marriage, the accused persons started demanding dowry of motorcycle, further 02.12.2024, he received an
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23479 of 2025(2) dt.30-04-2025 2/3 information that his daughter was critical, accordingly the informant along with others went to the place of occurrence and saw the dead body of his daughter lying on a cot with strangulation mark on neck, thus alleges that the accused persons killed his daughter for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand.
4. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case being father-in-law, mother-in-law, brotherin-law and sister-in-law (Gotni). It is further submitted that had the petitioners been involved in the occurrence, in that event, efforts would have been made to dispose of the dead body for the purposes of concealing the evidence but then the dead body was lying in the house on a cot. It is further submitted that the deceased was suffering from mental issue and thus committed suicide. It is next submitted that whenever any such occurrence takes place, the entire family members are implicated in a mechanical manner with general and omnibus allegation. It is also submitted that even allegation of demand of dowry does not inspire confidence. It is next submitted that husband of the deceased is in custody. The learned counsel submits that petitioners will not abscond rather will co-operate in the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23479 of 2025(2) dt.30-04-2025 3/3 investigation to prove their innocence.
5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below 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 Mahua P.S. Case No.1313/2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T