Naziya Khatoon v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40218 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-204 Year-2025 Thana- BUXAR INDUSTRIAL District- Buxar ====================================================== 1.
Naziya Khatoon, W/o Kitabuddin Ansari, 2.
Kitabuddin Ansari, S/o Niamudeen Miyan Both are R/o Village- Jamroad, P.S.- Dinara, District- Rohtas at Sasaram ... ... Petitioners
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Aditya Narayan Singh1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 23-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. Both accused/petitioners are named in the FIR and apprehending their arrest in connection with Buxar (Ind.) P.S. Case No.204 of 2025 registered under Sections 123 and 103(1) read with 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (in short 'BNS').
3. As per FIR, the petitioners were suspected to kill the son of the informant under conspiracy of their daughter, who is none but the wife of the deceased after administering poison through food, as she was in extramarital affairs with one Mohamad Pharid of her parental
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40218 of 2026(2) dt.23-06-2026 2/3 village.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioners that the thrust of allegation is available against the daughter of the petitioners, who is none but the daughter-in-law of the informant. It is submitted that the petitioners were implicated only being the parents of daughter-in-law of the informant. It is pointed out that save and except suspicion, nothing survives against the petitioners, who are of clean antecedent.
5. Learned APP opposed the prayer of bail.
6. In view of aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of fact as allegation prima facie appears found upon suspicion, where thrust of allegation appears available against daughter of the petitioners, accordingly, both petitioners, above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks, are directed to be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Buxar in connection with Buxar
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40218 of 2026(2) dt.23-06-2026 3/3 (Ind.) P.S. Case No.204 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the CrPC/under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.) Sanjeet/- U T