Sunil Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69890 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-279 Year-2024 Thana- KAKO District- Jehanabad ====================================================== 1.
Sunil Kumar, S/O Late Ram Prasad Ram, Resident of Village- Berthu, P.S.- Tehta (Makhdumpur), District- Jehanabad 2.
Saroj Devi, W/O Sunil Kumar, Resident of Village- Berthu, P.S.- Tehta (Makhdumpur), District- Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Gajendra Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Jagdhar Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 08-10-2025 Heard Mr. Gajendra Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Jagdhar Prasad, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners have prayed for bail in connection with Kako P.S. Case No. 279 of 2024 registered for the offence punishable under Section 80(2) of the B.N.S.
3. The case of the prosecution is that the daughter of the informant Suruchi Kumari (deceased) was in the room and when she did not open the room, the informant peeped into the room and found that the deceased was hanging with a fan. It is further alleged that the marriage of daughter of the informant was solemnized with one Bablu Kumar and she was being subjected to cruelty on account of non-fulfillment of dowry demand.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69890 of 2025(2) dt.08-10-2025 2/2 petitioners has submitted that petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence. They have been falsely implicated in this case. From perusal of the F.I.R. itself it is clear that the deceased has committed suicide in her paternal house. From perusal of the F.I.R. itself it is also clear that she was found hanging on fan by her father. It has also been submitted that petitioners are father-inlaw and mother-in-law of the deceased. They are having no criminal antecedent and they are in judicial custody since 19.08.2025.
5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioners on bail. The above named petitioners are directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in connection with Kako P.S. Case No.279 of 2024.
(Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) lata/- U T