Chandan Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59930 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-744 Year-2024 Thana- ARA NAWADA District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Chandan Singh S/o Ashok Kumar Singh R/o Mohalla- Jagdeo Nagar Gali no 05, P.S.- Ara Nawada, District- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Harsh Singh Mr. Abhijit For the State :

Mr. J.N.Thakur, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 13-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. In this case, the petitioner is seeking regular bail in connection with Ara Nawada P.S.Case No. 744 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 123, 103(1) and 3(5) of the BNS.

3. As per FIR, the petitioner (husband) and other inlaws tortured the daughter of the informant physically and mentally. Ultimately, she was administered poisonous substance, leading to her death.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that four family members, who were inflicting tortures on the deceased, have specifically been named in the FIR. They are Ashok Singh (father-in-law), Madhuri Devi (mother-in-law),

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59930 of 2025(4) dt.13-01-2026 2/3 Jyoti Devi and Reena Devi (sisters-in-law) of the deceased. The informant is the father of the deceased. The husband has not been named in the FIR, nor in the re-statement of the informant which shows the innocence of the petitioner. The occurrence had taken place after 11 years of marriage of the victim. The FSL report shows that she consumed sulphas and died and that is why the charge-sheet has been submitted under Section 108 of the BNS, punishable for abetment to commit suicide.

5. The informant, who is the father of the deceased, did not not name the petitioner in the FIR, whereas he specifically named four accused persons, as indicated above. He did not name the petitioner even in his re-statement.

6. On the other hand, the learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail by submitting that two children of the deceased have named the petitioner in their statements recorded in course of investigation, to which the learned counsel for the petitioner replied that the two children were tutored witnesses as they were residing in the house of their maternal grand-father (informant) and under his pressure they named the petitioner. The statement of those two children were recorded after three months of the occurrence.

7. Considering the above-mentioned facts and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59930 of 2025(4) dt.13-01-2026 3/3 circumstances, let the petitioner above-named be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Ara Nawada P.S.case No. 744 of 2024, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall cooperate in the disposal of trial and make himself available as and when required by the court. (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) HR/- U T