Tej Narayan Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34175 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-131 Year-2023 Thana- NADI District- Supaul ====================================================== Tej Narayan Yadav S/o Late Thakko Yadav @ Thako Yadav @ Thakay Yadav Resident Of Ghoghararia, Ps- Supaul Nadi, Distt.- Supaul ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Amar Nath Yadav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Raj Kishor Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 20-06-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence under Sections 304(B), 328, 120(B) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the D.P. Act.
3. The case of the prosecution as per the prosecution is that one Gulab Devi, the mother in law of the deceased telephonically informed the informant on 14.12.2023 that her daughter had consumed poison and had also stated that she was also taken for hospital for treatment. It is further alleged that when the informant reached to hospital she found her daughter dead on the hospital bed and subsequently the accused persons who were there in the hospital left the deceased and fled away and thereafter the first information report was lodged on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34175 of 2025(2) dt.20-06-2025 2/3 grounds of causing death of the deceased on non-fulfillment of the dowry demand.
4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the father in law of the deceased and as per the allegation in the first information report itself the petitioner and the husband of the deceased were residing at Punjab for their livelihood and there is only an allegation of conspiracy as against both this petitioner and the husband of the deceased. It has also been pointed out that the husband of the deceased, who is primarily responsible for the welfare of the wife, has also been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 20.01.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No.72912 of 2024. The petitioner is in custody since 03.03.2025 and charge-sheet has been submitted.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State, however opposes the prayer for bail on the ground that post-mortem report and viscera report of the deceased shows that the deceased had died due to consumption of some poisonous substances and hence it is stated that the cause of death was poisoning.
6. Considering the fact that the petitioner was not even present at the time of occurrence and moreover the husband of the deceased has also been granted bail by a co-
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34175 of 2025(2) dt.20-06-2025 3/3 ordinate Bench of this Court, let the, above named, petitioner be released 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, Supaul in connection with Supaul Nadi P.S. Case No. 131 of 2023. (Soni Shrivastava, J) ajay/- U T