Patna High CourtCR. MISC./45405/2025bail granted

Vipul Kumar @ Bipul Kumar @ Bipul Bhagat v. The State Of Bihar

2026-02-19Mr. Justice Sandeep Kumar2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45405 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-133 Year-2022 Thana- LALGANJ District- Vaishali ====================================================== 1.

Vipul Kumar @ Bipul Kumar @ Bipul Bhagat S/o Rajeshwar Bhagat R/o vill - Hariharpur, P.S. - Sadar Hajipur, Distt.- Vaishali 2.

Vinita Kumari D/o Rajeshwar Bhagat R/o vill - Hariharpur, P.S. - Sadar Hajipur, Distt.- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Priyesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Meena Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 19-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Lalganj P.S. Case No. 133 of 2022 registered for the offence under Sections 306, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, Informant Mahendra Bhagat reported that on 25.04.2022, his son Rajiv committed suicide by hanging. Accused Vipul Kumar and Vinita Kumari allegedly tortured and abetted his suicide by pressurizing the already-married Rajiv to marry Vinita Kumari, threatening him and demanding compensation, causing him severe mental stress.

4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners are innocent and they have

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45405 of 2025(6) dt.19-02-2026 2/2 falsely been implicated in this case. It is next submitted that petitioner no. 1 is the brother of petitioner no. 2 who was talking to the deceased on mobile phone who was a married person having two children. Learned counsel lastly submits that the deceased had committed suicide and there is no direct evidence or material against the petitioners. Petitioners have clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts, this application is allowed.

7. Let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the concerned Court below within four weeks from today, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur/ concerned Court below in connection with Lalganj P.S. Case No. 133 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 482 of the BNSS.

(Sandeep Kumar, J) tusharika/- U T