Noor Mohammad v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35682 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-101 Year-2024 Thana- PAHARKATTA District- Kishanganj ====================================================== Noor Mohammad S/o Jamerudin @ Jamiluddin R/o Village- Fulhara, Ward No. 02, P.S.- Paharkatta, District-Kishanganj ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Ram Prawesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Anuj Kumar Shrivastava For the Informant :
Mr. Hafiz S Arif ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the informant as well as learned A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Paharkatta P.S. Case No. 101 of 2024, Sessions Trial No. 236 of 2024 dated 08.09.2024 registered for the offences punishable u/ss 103(1), 80(2), 123 of the BNS.
3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have killed the informant's daughter by strangulating and administering poison in her mouth due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is the husband of the deceased. The petitioner
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35682 of 2025(4) dt.15-09-2025 2/2 neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 12.09.2024.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Kishanganj in connection with Paharkatta P.S. Case No. 101 of 2024, Sessions Trial No. 236 of 2024, with the condition/s:- (i). The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T