Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81035 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-15 Year-2021 Thana- KHUSRUPUR District- Patna ====================================================== 1.

Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Paswan Son of Late Nagina Paswan Resident of village - Near Baikatpur Mandir, Police Station - Khusrupur, District - Patna 2.

Monu Kumar @ Monu Paswan Son of Late Nagina Paswan Resident of village - Near Baikatpur Mandir, Police Station - Khusrupur, District - Patna 3.

Chhotu Paswan Son of Shambhu Paswan Resident of village - Near Baikatpur Mandir, Police Station - Khusrupur, District - Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioners :

Md. Anwar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-02-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per prosecution case, informant alleged that her son had gone to the house of his in-laws and was murdered and his dead body was thrown in the river. Informant believes that all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including these petitioners, who happen to be in-laws of her son, are involved in the occurrence.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81035 of 2025(4) dt.02-02-2026 2/3

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. Petitioners have falsely been implicated in this case only on the ground that they happen to be brothers-in-law of the deceased. Informant is not an eye witness to the occurrence and has not disclosed in the F.I.R. as to how she came to know that these petitioners were involved in the alleged incident. No material has transpired in the course of investigation to connect these petitioners with the alleged occurrence. As per post mortem report, cause of death is Asphyxia. Petitioners claim clean antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the petitioners, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81035 of 2025(4) dt.02-02-2026 3/3 amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-II, Patna City, Patna in connection with Khusrupur P.S. Case No. 15 of 2021, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T