Sukendar Paswan @ Sukendra Path @ Sukindra Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70081 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2025 Thana- CHORAUT District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Sukendar Paswan @ Sukendra Path @ Sukindra Paswan S/O Sunar Paswan Resident of Village- Barri Behta @ Barari, Behta, ward No. 7, P.S- Choraut, District- Sitamarhi.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shankar Kumar , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Mohammad Sufyan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State .

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case punishable for the offence under Sections 126 ( 2 ), 115 ( 2 ), 351 ( 2 ), 352, 80 and 3 (5) of BNS.

3 . As per prosecution case , daughter of informant was married with co-accused Sonu Paswan in the year 2018 and out of wedlock one girl child was born . It is alleged that after some years of the marriage , daughter of informant was subjected to cruelty and harassment by all the accused persons including this petitioner due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry and ultimately the accused persons committed the murder of informant's daughter.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70081 of 2025(2) dt.07-10-2025 2/2

4. Petitioner is father-in -law of the deceased. He is simply victim of over implication . Petitioner is separate in mess and property and has got no concern with the affairs of deceased and her husband. As a matter of fact, thrust of accusation is against husband of the deceased, who is already in custody . Petitioner claims clean antecedent. 5 . Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner.

6. However, considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, clean antecedent of petitioner and other circumstances of the case , let the above named petitioner, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class Pupri at Sitamarhi in connection with Choraut P S Case No. 68 of 2025 , subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 ( 2 ) of BNSS 2023 .

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U