Aadarsh Pratap @ Adarsh Pratap v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27281 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-334 Year-2025 Thana- SHAMBHUGANJ District- Banka ====================================================== Aadarsh Pratap @ Adarsh Pratap S/O Kailash Prasad Sah @ Kailash Sah @ Kailash Prasad Village- Karsop, Police Station- Shambhuganj, District- Banka ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ajay Mukherjee, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Anand Kishore Choudhary, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 29-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 108, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. Prosecution case, in brief, is that marriage of the son of informant was solemnized with co-accused Neha Panjikar in the year 2013. Son of the informant used to work in Gujarat meanwhile, her daughter-in-law fell in love with this petitioner and thereafter started living with him along with her children. When son of the informant came to know about the same, scuffle took place between them and accused persons threatened him of dire consequences. Informant alleges that her son could not bear the tension and ultimately, died on 25.12.2025.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. From bare

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27281 of 2026(2) dt.29-04-2026 2/2 perusal of the F.I.R. it is apparent that the deceased died of heart attack and this false and concocted case has been lodged against petitioner only with a view to extort money on the ground that this petitioner had illicit relation with the wife of deceased. Petitioner is owner of the house where wife of the deceased was living as tenant, after being ousted from her matrimonial house. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.

6. Considering backdrop of the case and nature of accusation, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka in connection with Shambhuganj P. S. Case No. 334 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T