Sanjiv Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53596 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-65 Year-2024 Thana- LAUKAHI District- Madhubani ====================================================== Sanjiv Kumar S/O Sri Raj Kumar Roy R/O Village- Jhahuri, P.S- Laukahi, Dist.- Madhubani.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Vaishnavi Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 13-02-2026 Heard Ms. Vaishnavi Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The allegation in the first information report relates to causing death of the deceased on account of non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is no doubt the husband of the deceased but the marriage is of the year 2022 and the said occurrence is said to have taken place in the 2024 and during the interim period there has never been any complaint with regard to demand of dowry or any cruel treatment being meted out to the deceased. It has
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53596 of 2025(10) dt.13-02-2026 2/3 further been submitted that as a matter of fact, the deceased has committed suicide on account of the fact that she had suicidal tendency which is also evident from the postmortem report itself which shows multiple hesitation cuts wound injury which are in the form of old scars present over the left forearm. The postmortem report however, indicates that the death in the opinion of the doctor is due to asphyxia caused due to hanging and no other external injury has been seen on the palm or any other part of the body. The final opinion had been kept reserved for FSL report and the FSL report had been called for by this Court which has now been received and a perusal of the same would indicate that no metallic or volatile poison could be detected in the Viscera. Further, the petitioner is in custody since 06.09.2024 and the stage of the case has not progressed inasmuch as the case has not even been committed to the court of Sessions and as such, there is no likelihood of the trial to conclude in near future.
5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the application for bail.
6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering that fact that the postmortem report does not indicate any external injury on the dead body of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53596 of 2025(10) dt.13-02-2026 3/3 the deceased keeping in view both the postmortem report and the FSL report which do not indicate any foul play coupled with the fact that there has been no substantial progress in the case, let the above named petitioner, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Laukahi P.S. Case No. 65 of 2024, subject to the conditions that the petitioner shall appear on each and every date till conclusion of trial and if the petitioner does not appear on two consecutive dates without any substantial and satisfactory reason, the learned court below would be at liberty to cancel his bail bonds.
(Soni Shrivastava, J) devendra/- U T