Arvind Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53239 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1163 Year-2024 Thana- MAHUA District- Vaishali ====================================================== 1.

Arvind Sahni Son of Bhuneshwar Sahni Vill -Kanhauli -Dhanraj Ps -Mahua Dist -Vaishali 2.

Rameshwari Devi wife of Arvind Sahni Vill -Kanhauli -Dhanraj Ps -Mahua Dist -Vaishali 3.

Sachin Kumar son of Arvind Sahni Vill -Kanhauli -Dhanraj Ps -Mahua Dist -Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Parmanand Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 27-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Mahua P.S. Case No. 1163/2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 80 and 3(5) of the B.N.S.

3. As per prosecution case, petitioners and other are said to have committed murder of informant's daughter due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence as

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53239 of 2025(2) dt.27-08-2025 2/3 alleged in the FIR. The petitioners bear no criminal antecedent. He further submits that husband of the deceased is already in jail. There is no specific allegation against the petitioners and the allegation are general and omnibus in nature. He further submits that petitioner no.1 is father-in-law, petitioner no.2 is mother-in-law and petitioner no.3 is brother-in-law of the deceased and they are living separately from the husband and his wife (deceased). He further submits that the petitioners having no say in family affairs of the deceased her husband and due to obsessive and rigid behaviour, she has committed suicide by hanging.

5. The learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners and submits that participation in the alleged occurrence of the petitioners cannot be ruled out.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, keeping in view clean antecedent of petitioners, argument advanced on behalf of both sides and also taking into consideration the material available on record, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53239 of 2025(2) dt.27-08-2025 3/3 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.J.-V cum A.C.J.M.-IV, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Mahua P.S. Case No. 1163/2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.

7. Accordingly, the application stands allowed. (Alok Kumar Pandey, J) amitkumar/- U T