Jitu Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27348 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-176 Year-2014 Thana- LALIT NARAYAN UNIVERSITY District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Jitu Paswan Son Of Late Surendra Paswan @ Suresh Paswan Resident Of Village - Wasi Chakar Gas Dodam (Laxmisagar), Police Station - L.N.M.U. And District - Darbhanga.

... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shailendra Kumar, Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 14-05-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 342, 323, 324, 504, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and later on, Section 302 I.P.C. was added.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 30.01.2026 and is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that the petitioner set the deceased ablaze leading to her death.

4. The learned Counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner submits that Leela Devi had approached this Court seeking regular bail by filing Criminal Miscellaneous No. 59619 of 2021 and the same came to be allowed by an order dated

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27348 of 2026(2) dt.14-05-2026 2/3 10.03.2022 after considering the case in detail and on merits. It is next submitted that no doubt, petitioner is alleged to have set ablaze the deceased by pouring kerosene oil but then during the course of investigation, the facts which transpired amply demonstrates that the petitioner was falsely implicated. It is submitted that during the course of investigation it transpired that deceased was in a relationship with her servant which was being objected by her parents and the informant took the same as an opportunity to falsely implicate the petitioner. It is next submitted that the deceased was treated at PMCH from where she was discharged but while she was coming back home, when she died, as such, the proximate cause of death was not the burn injuries but Septicemia with sepsis. It is next submitted that if privilege of regular bail is granted, the petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the trial to prove his innocence.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending in connection

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27348 of 2026(2) dt.14-05-2026 3/3 with L.N.M.U. P. S. Case No.176 of 2014, one of the bailors of the petitioner shall be his brother Govind Paswan.

7. The application stands allowed.

8. However, it is made clear that if the learned trial court comes to a conclusion that petitioner after her release is trying the delay the framing of charge or after framing of charge is trying to delay the trial in both the conditions, the learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. (Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U