Ritesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66517 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-292 Year-2025 Thana- JAKKANPUR District- Patna ====================================================== Ritesh Kumar Son of Raja Kumar Ram R/o Vill. - Korigaon, Kauhi, P.S. - Barhariya, Dist. - Siwan.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Yogesh Chandra Verma, Sr. Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Rajendra Nath Jha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 17-09-2025 Heard the learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Jakanpur P.S. Case No. 292 of 2025, registered for the offences punishable under Section 108/3(5) of the BNS.
3. Allegedly, the daughter of the informant was residing in a rental house in course of studying. On the fateful day, the informant came to know that her daughter has committed suicide. Later on, the informant found that the deceased was engaged in conversation with the petitioner on mobile, hence, suspicion has been raised against the petitioner and one another person.
4. Learned Senior Advocate for the petitioner referring
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66517 of 2025(2) dt.17-09-2025 2/3 to the FIR primarily contended that the present case is revolving around the petitioner only on suspicion, based upon the mobile details, which discloses that she was in touch with the petitioner. There is no material even collected during the course of investigation that this petitioner has made any attempt of abatement to commit suicide. Even if the allegation taken to be true, no case much less under Section 108/3(5) of the BNS is made out. The date of the death of the deceased has not been disclosed and admittedly the FIR has instituted after cremation of the dead body. The petitioner is a student, who had been pursuing his study in a medical college situated in Uzbekistan, namely, Fergana Medical Institute of Public Health, Uzbekistan, Russia.
5. On the other hand, learned Advocate for the State opposed the pre-arrest bail application and submitted that the impugned order suggest that the petitioner put pressure on her, due to which she committed suicide.
6. Having considered the submissions set-forth by learned Advocate for the respective parties and taking note of the fact that the entire case is based on suspicion and there is no other cogent material, suggesting the complicity of the petitioner in abatement to cause commission of suicide, besides the fair antecedent of the petitioner, let the petitioner
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66517 of 2025(2) dt.17-09-2025 3/3 above named be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM-VIII, Patna in connection with Jakanpur P.S. Case No. 292 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 with the further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioner.
(Harish Kumar, J) shivank/- U T