Shiv Shankar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58394 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-25 Year-2025 Thana- KUDHNI District- Kaimur (Bhabua) ====================================================== 1.
Shiv Shankar Singh Son of Late Ramashish Singh Resident of Village - Karamchari, P.S. - Kudhani, District - Kaimur at Bhabua. 2.
Narendra Singh @Narendra Kumar Singh Son of Shiv Shankar Singh R/o Village - Karamhari, P.S. - Kudhni, Dist. - Kaimur at Bhabhua. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ashutosh Tripathy, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. Petitioners apprehend arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 238(9), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
3. Prosecution case, in brief, is that marriage of the daughter of informant was solemnized with co-accused Sanjay Singh in the year 1999. Thereafter, it is alleged that these petitioners, along with other F.I.R. named accused persons, killed the daughter of informant by strangulation and cremated her with a view to destroy the evidence.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58394 of 2025(3) dt.04-11-2025 2/3 petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence. Petitioner no. 1 is father-in-law, petitioner no. 2 is brother-inlaw of the deceased and they are simply victims of overimplications. Allegation against petitioners is general and omnibus. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and they are not concerned with family affairs of the deceased. Moreover, thrust of accusation is against husband of the deceased who is already in custody since 28.05.2025. Petitioners claim clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.
6. Considering the fact that husband of the deceased is already in custody, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioners in the event of their arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabua in connection with Kudhani P. S. Case No. 25 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58394 of 2025(3) dt.04-11-2025 3/3 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T