Sikindra Sah @ Sikendar Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66229 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-85 Year-2025 Thana- Jaitpur District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Sikindra Sah @ Sikendar Sah S/O Johan Sah R/O Village- Repura @ Rampur Vishawnath, P.S.- Jaitpur, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 19-09-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Jaitpur P.S. Case no. 85/2025, registered under Sections 80, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita.

3. The allegation in the first information is that the daughter of the informant was done to death on account of nonfulfillment of the demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is an old father-in-law aged about 73 years and has been attributed general and omnibus allegations. The petitioner has been staying separate from the deceased and her husband since the year 2022, and as a matter of fact, on account of some matrimonial discord, the deceased has committed suicide by hanging, and this fact is also supported by the evidence collected during the course of the investigation. Further, the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66229 of 2025(2) dt.19-09-2025 2/2 husband of the deceased, who is primarily responsible for the welfare of the wife, is already in custody, as stated in paragraph 11 of the petition. The petitioner undertakes to cooperate in the case/trial.

5. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.

6. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and also considering that the petitioner is the old father-in-law and the husband of the deceased is already in custody, let the above named petitioner who has no criminal antecedent, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Jaitpur P.S. Case no. 85 of 2025 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 Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, (west), Court no.-7, Muzaffarpur, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S, 2023. (Soni Shrivastava, J) krishnakant/- U T