Shatrudhan Yadav @ Satrughan Prasad v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36467 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-597 Year-2024 Thana- GHOSI District- Jehanabad ====================================================== 1.
Shatrudhan Yadav @ Satrughan Prasad S/o- Late Dwarika Prasad VillPakhanpura P.s-Ghoshi (Okari) Dist-Jehanabad 2.
Sonfi Devi W/o- Shatrudhan Yadav @ Satrughan Prasad Vill-Pakhanpura P.s-Ghoshi (Okari) Dist-Jehanabad 3.
Rakesh Kumar S/o- Shatrudhan Yadav @ Satrughan Prasad Vill-Pakhanpura P.s-Ghoshi (Okari) Dist-Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Pramod Kumar Yadav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Amitesh Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 18-06-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner who apprehends arrest in connection with Ghosi (Okri) P.S. Case No. 597 of 2024 lodged 11.12.2024, for the offences punishable under sections 80, 238, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3.According to the prosecution, an F.I.R. has been lodged against five named accused persons, including the petitioner, alleging that they killed the daughter of the informant and disposed of her dead body.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36467 of 2025(2) dt.18-06-2025 2/3 petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. The death of the victim occurred due to natural ailment, and treatment was provided by the accused. Learned counsel further submits that all information regarding the victim's condition was communicated to her father. However, the present F.I.R. was lodged solely on the instigation of local enemies in the village. It is further submitted that the father of the deceased later realized that he had filed the case based on false information supplied by co-villagers, and accordingly filed an application before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, as annexed at P/2 to the petition. Learned counsel also submits that the same petition was filed before the Superintendent of Police, Jehanabad, as contained in Annexure P/3.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.
6. In the facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of ₹30000/- (thirty thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1) (d) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Jehanabad, in connection with Ghosi (Okri) P.S. Case No. 597
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36467 of 2025(2) dt.18-06-2025 3/3 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Dr. Anshuman, J) Ashwini/- U T