Piku Bind @ Pikku Bind @ Tinku Bind v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.78252 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-863 Year-2022 Thana- HILSA District- Nalanda ====================================================== Piku Bind @ Pikku Bind @ Tinku Bind S/O Bhushan Bind R/O VillagePakariya Bigha, P.S- Hilsa, Distt.- Nalanda. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sunil Prasad, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Mithlesh Kumar Khare, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 17-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. A prayer for bail has been made on behalf of the petitioner in connection with Hilsa P.S. Case no.863 of 2022 registered under sections 304B and 34 of Indian Penal Code.
3. Allegation in the F.I.R is that petitioner along with others are alleged to have killed the informant's niece, due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry, by administering poison.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegations made in the FIR are not correct and as a matter of fact, the deceased was not mentally stable and she had consumed some poisonous substance and the knowledge of the incident was given to the informant and cremation was also performed in presence of informant and his relatives and it is
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.78252 of 2025(4) dt.17-02-2026 2/3 only thereafter the FIR was lodged. Further, the informant has also been examined and her statement was recorded under section 164 Cr.P.C., wherein he has admitted the fact that her niece had committed suicide and as a consequence of the same, he had instituted the FIR in a fit of anger. There is no external injury and viscera report was preserved and FSL report was subsequently received, which shows that no poison was detected. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he is in custody since 22.07.2025 and the case has not even been committed to the court of session. As such, there is no likelihood to conclude the same in the near future.
5. The application for bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.
6. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the fact and also considering the statement of the informant recorded under section 164 Cr.P.C. coupled with the fact that no poison had been found in the FSL report, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with Hilsa P.S. Case no.863 of 2022 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court concerned where the case is pending/successor Court, subject to the further
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.78252 of 2025(4) dt.17-02-2026 3/3 condition that the petitioner shall remain physically present in the learned trial Court on each date and shall cooperate in the trial and also co-operate in getting the charges framed, failing which the learned Court concerned would be at liberty to cancel the bail bond of the petitioner.
(Soni Shrivastava, J) Harsh/- U T