Sikandar Prasad v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.79263 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-55 Year-2025 Thana- EKANGARSARAI District- Nalanda ====================================================== Sikandar Prasad, S/o Late Bhavsagar Bhagat, Resident of Village- Upri Manpur, P.O.- Dhangawan, P.S.- Ekangarsarai, Distt.- Nalanda (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ran Vijay Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Ataur Rahman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 19-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Ekangarsarai P.S. Case No. 55 of 2025 dated 11.03.2025 instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 80(2) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the marriage of the informant's maternal-niece was solemnized with the son of the petitioner, namely, Bipin Kumar. On 10.03.2025, he received information that his niece was brutally murdered. When the informant reached the place of occurrence, he saw that the dead body was kept on an auto with an intention to dispose of the same. It is alleged that the accused persons used to torture the victim alleging that she cannot give birth to a
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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is father-in-law of the deceased. The deceased is the maternal-niece of the informant, whose marriage was solemnized with the son of the petitioner. It is also submitted that the marriage was four years old and in between these four years, no case ever came to be instituted either by the deceased or by the informant alleging torture. It is next submitted that the victim was being treated by doctors for curing her infertility, but the same was not cured, on account of which, the victim started remaining depressed due to which she committed suicide. It is further submitted that the mother-in-law of the deceased i.e.
wife of the petitioner, namely, Manju Devi has been granted anticipatory bail vide order dated 10.09.2025 passed by coordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 58956 of 2025. Lastly, it has been submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 07.06.2025 having one criminal case against him. Charge-sheet has been submitted in the case.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
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6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.-I, Hilsa (Nalanda) in connection with Ekangarsarai P.S. Case No. 55 of 2025.
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