Vinod Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28863 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-204 Year-2025 Thana- CHIKSAUR District- Nalanda ====================================================== Vinod Prasad Son of Late Shyam Yadav Resident of Village - Pachasapar, Police Station - Chiksaura, District - Nalanda. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Parmanand Kumar, APP For the Informant :

Ms. Vijeta Kumari, Advocate Mr. Mukti Nath, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 05-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant.

02. In the present case, the petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Chiksaura P.S. Case No. 204 of 2025 registered for the alleged offence under Sections 80(2) r/w 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

03. As per prosecution case, daughter of the informant was married with co-accused Prakash Kumar on 12.03.2024. The allegation is of demand of Rs. 5 lakh in dowry and consequent torture by the in-laws of the daughter of the informant and ultimately, the daughter of the informant was killed in her matrimonial home. The petitioner is father-in-law of the deceased.

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04. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. The daughter of the informant committed suicide and this fact is clear from the postmortem report which shows cause of death to be asphyxia and shock due to antemortem hanging. There is no injury on the dead body except for one non continuous oblique ligature mark on the upper part of neck which shows antemortem injury as mentioned in the postmortem report. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner and other in-laws of the deceased. The husband of the deceased is already in custody. The wife of the petitioner has been granted anticipatory bail by a learned Coordinate Bench vide order dated 08.04.2026 passed in Criminal Misc. No. 19698 of 2026 and the case of the petitioner is on exactly similar footing. The petitioner is having clean antecedent.

05. Learned APP for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant oppose the submission made on behalf of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the informant submits that the petitioner is father-in-law and there is allegation of demand of dowry and subsequently, the daughter of the informant died in her matrimonial home within 1 and 1⁄2 year of her marriage.

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06. Having regard to the facts and circumstances and submission made on behalf of the parties and considering the grant of anticipatory bail to similarly situated co-accused and also considering the possibility of false accusation, let the petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court concerned within a period of eight weeks from today, be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I, Hilsa, Nalada/court concerned in connection with Chiksaura P.S. Case No. 204 of 2025, subject to the condition laid down under Section 482(2) of BNSS and other following conditions:

(i) One of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner.

(ii) The petitioner will remain present on each and every date fixed by the court below, if so required by the learned trial court.

(Arun Kumar Jha, J) Ashish/- U T