Pramod Sao @ Pramod Shah @ Pramod Sah v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24849 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-255 Year-2025 Thana- JAHANABAD District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Pramod Sao @ Pramod Shah @ Pramod Sah S/o Rajdeo Sao @ Rajendra Saw R/o Village- Dhandhar Bigha, P.S.- Kalpa, District - Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Brajesj Sajau. Adv.
Ms. Harshita, Adv.
Ms. Amrita Kumari, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 18-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Session Trial No. 550 of 2025/ 44 of 2025 arising out of Jehanabad (Kalpa) P.S. Case No. 255 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Section 108 of the B.N.S., 2023.
3. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that the daughter of the informant was married to the petitioner in the year 2014. It is further alleged that for some time she was kept properly, but for the last two years, the petitioner has started assaulting the daughter of the informant. It is ultimately alleged that the daughter of the informant Pramila Devi has committed suicide.
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4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. He also submits that as per the FIR, the deceased has committed suicide. In this case, the trial is going on, and during the trial, one of the sisters of the deceased, who was married in the same house, has deposed before the learned trial court as PW-1, and she has stated in her examination-in-chief that the deceased was a lady of short temper and she committed suicide in her room and she did not know as to why the deceased had committed suicide. In her cross-examination, she has stated that on the date of the occurrence, the petitioner was not present rather, he used to sleep on the Chabutra of Village Dhandhar Bigha. She has repeatedly stated that the deceased was a shorttempered lady. Moreover, a statement has been made in para 3 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he is languishing in judicial custody since 21.04.2025.
5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24849 of 2026(2) dt.18-04-2026 3/3 petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned District & Additional Sessions Judge-I, Jehanabad in connection with Jehanabad (Kalpa) P.S. Case No. 255 of 2025.
(Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) Sudhanshu/- U T