Uday Kumar Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73702 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-277 Year-2024 Thana- JHAJHA District- Jamui ====================================================== 1.

Uday Kumar Paswan Son of Girija Paswan Resident of Village- Marwa, P.S. and District -Jamui 2.

Mina Devi @ Mina Kumari Wife of Uday Kumar Paswan Resident of Village- Marwa, P.S. and District -Jamui ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Prabhat Ranjan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shantanu Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case in connection with Jhajha P.S. Case No. 277 of 2024 dated 03.07.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 85 and 80(2) read with Section 3(5) of the BNS.

3. As per the prosecution case, the informant suspects that nine co-accused persons including the petitioners committed murder of his daughter by wrapping sari around her neck.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73702 of 2025(2) dt.04-11-2025 2/3 implicated in this case. Petitioner no. 1 is the brother-in-law and petitioner no. 2 is the sister-in-law of the deceased. The petitioners neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the informant. The allegation levelled in the FIR is false and fabricated and the petitioners have not committed any such offence as alleged in the FIR. There is no specific allegation of any assault or overt act or demand of dowry against the petitioners, rather there is general and omnibus allegation levelled against them. The petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as stated at para 3 of the bail petition.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail petition of the petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as the nature of allegation against the petitioners, let the petitioners named-above, in the event of their arrest / surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui, in connection with Jhajha P.S. Case No. 277 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73702 of 2025(2) dt.04-11-2025 3/3 down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

7. This application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Shahnawaz/- U T