Bharat Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35554 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-119 Year-2021 Thana- PATAHI District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.

Bharat Chaudhary S/O Jatashankar Chaudhary Resident of Village- Bokane Kala, PS- Patahi, district- East Champaran 2.

Sitaram Sah S/O Khublal Sah Resident of Village- Bokane Kala, PS- Patahi, district- East Champaran 3.

Chandan Kumar Chaudhary @ Chandan Kumar @ Chandan Sah S/O Sukhari Sah Resident of Village- Bokane Kala, PS- Patahi, district- East Champaran 4.

Nitu Singh @ Niteshwar Singh S/O Bharat Singh Resident of VillageBokane Kala, PS- Patahi, district- East Champaran 5.

Sikindar Kumar Chaudhary @ Sikindra Kumar S/O Rajesh Chaudhary Resident of Village- Bokane Kala, PS- Patahi, district- East Champaran 6.

Diplal Sah S/O Indra Dev Sah Resident of Village- Bokane Kala, PS- Patahi, district- East Champaran 7.

Punit Paswan @ Puneet Paswan S/O Ramdhari Paswan Resident of VillageBokane Kala, PS- Patahi, district- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Abhishek Kumar For the Opposite Party/s:

Mr. Navin Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Patahi P.S. Case No.119 of 2021, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 304B, 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35554 of 2025(2) dt.25-07-2025 2/3

3. As per the FIR, the daughter of the informant was tortured by all the accused persons including the petitioners for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry by way of a bullet motorcycle. It is stated that she was physically and mentally tortured, ultimately done to death and body was disposed off.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. They have been falsely implicated in this case. The allegation levelled against the petitioners is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. The petitioners are neither family members of the husband of the deceased nor they are their blood relatives. They are quite unconcerned with their affairs. The petitioner nos.1 to 6 have no criminal antecedent and the petitioner no.7 has one criminal antecedent.

5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35554 of 2025(2) dt.25-07-2025 3/3 of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with Patahi P.S. Case No.119 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.

7. This application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shikha/- U T