Najo Mandal v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35842 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-16 Year-2025 Thana- Rangara District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Najo Mandal S/O Late Kanti Mandal R/O Village- Koskipur, P.S- Rangra, Distt.- Bhagalpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rajesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Rajiv Nayan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 18-06-2025

1. Heard the parties.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Rangra P.S. Case No. 16 of 2025 dated 22.01.2025 registered under Section 61(2), 103(1), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and section 25(1-b)a, 26, 27 and 35 of the Arms Act.

3. As per the first information report the daughter of the informant was married with Vitthi Mahto in the year 2017 and after marriage the brother-in-law, sister-in-law and other family members of the deceased used to torture and harass the daughter of the informant. On 21.01.2025 in the evening the informant's daughter informed the informant on phone that the petitioner along with other accused persons, total 10 in number, were conspiring with each other to kill her and said that she was

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35842 of 2025(2) dt.18-06-2025 2/3 scared and asked the informant to come to her matrimonial home. While the informant was preparing for proceeding to the matrimonial home of her daughter she received the call of her grandson on mobile who said that the co-accused / Mangna Mahto (uncle) shot his mother. After that, she proceeded towards the matrimonial home of her daughter where she saw dead body of her daughter and all family members had fled away.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not a family member of the deceased in-law's family and he comes from a different community also. No overt act has been alleged in the first information report against the petitioner and specific allegation of firing is upon Mangna Mahto, who is brother - in - law (dewar) of the deceased. The petitioner is having no criminal antecedent.

5. Regard being had to the submission made by the parties, taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is not in-law's family member of the deceased and he is a co-villager and no specific overt act has been alleged against the petitioner, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Let the petitioner, above named, be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35842 of 2025(2) dt.18-06-2025 3/3 court below within a period of four weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-1st, Naugachia, District- Bhagalpur in connection with Rangra P.S. Case No. 16 of 2025 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S. 2023.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) praful/- U T