Pankaj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.78636 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-317 Year-2025 Thana- FATEHPUR District- Gaya ====================================================== Pankaj Kumar S/O Chandramauli Singh R/O Village and Post- Fatehpur, Police Station- Fatehpur, District- Gaya.

... ... Petitioner

Versus

1.

The State Of Bihar 2.

Minta Devi W/O Kumar Kunjan R/O Village and Post- Fatehpur, Police Station- Fatehpur, District- Gaya ... ... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, APP For the Informant :

Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 11-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant. 2.

This is the second attempt on behalf of the petitioner for grant of regular bail in connection with Fatehpur P.S. Case No.317 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under sections 103(1), 64 and 238 of the B.N.S., 2023. 3.

Earlier, the bail of the petitioner was dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 17.09.2025 passed in Criminal Miscellaneous No.63525 of 2025.

4.

The petitioner is the cousin brother of the deceased, who is alleged to have committed rape with the deceased-victim.

5.

The petitioner is in custody since 02.07.2025.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.78636 of 2025(3) dt.11-02-2026 2/2 6.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the date of occurrence is allegedly 04.09.2024 but the complaint was filed on 16.12.2024 and the F.I.R. was registered under section 156 of the Cr.P.C. on 03.05.2025. 7.

It has further been submitted that initially the Choukidar had informed the police about the death but the wife of the informant had written to the police that the deceased died because of illness and the she did not want to proceed any further and get the postmortem of the deceased done. 8.

Considering the aforesaid facts, this bail application is allowed.

9.

Let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sessions Judge, Gaya / concerned Court below, in connection with Fatehpur P.S. Case No.317 of 2025, subject to the conditions that he will cooperate in the trial and will appear personally or through his advocate on the date fixed in the trial. (Sandeep Kumar, J) pawan/- U T