Anish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.82025 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-230 Year-2025 Thana- RAHUI District- Nalanda ====================================================== Anish Kumar S/o Anil Yadav @ Anil Kumar R/o Village - Shivay Bigha, P.S - (Rahui) Wena, District - Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Binod Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 17-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 123, 80 and 3(5) of B.N.S., 2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is brother-in-law of the deceased and the informant alleges that his daughter was married to Manish about five years ago and out of the wedlock a child was born, who presently is aged about 8 months, further, his Samdhi and son-in-law work at Surat in a private firm, next alleges that his daughter was tortured by her mother-in-law, Nanad and Dewar (petitioner), further on 03.05.2025, his daughter was poisoned to death by her mother-in-law, Nanad and Dewar, on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82025 of 2025(2) dt.17-02-2026 2/3 receiving the information, the informant reached the place of occurrence and found the dead body of his daughter lying in the Khalihan.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that informant is not an eye witness to the occurrence. It is also submitted that from perusal of the allegations, as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that the dead body was found lying in the Khalihan. It is next submitted that had the petitioner along with his family members been involved in poisoning the deceased, in that event, efforts would have been made to dispose of the dead body with a view to conceal the evidence but then the dead body was sent for post mortem for ascertaining the cause of death. It is next submitted that relation of the victim/deceased was not cordial with her husband, as such, the husband of the deceased had filed Matrimonial Case No.
268 of 2021 under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act seeking restitution of his conjugal rights. It is submitted that the victim since was not on cordial terms with her husband and her husband was living outside, as such, she consumed poison and petitioner and his family members were not even aware that occurrence of the nature, as alleged, had taken place that the victim committed suicide by poisoning.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82025 of 2025(2) dt.17-02-2026 3/3 dispute arises in between the husband and the wife and the occurrence of the nature, as alleged, takes place, the entire family members are implicated in a mechanical manner with general and omnibus allegation. It is also submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove his innocence.
5. Learned APP opposes the anticipatory bail application.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, let petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on bail 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Bihar Sharif in connection with Rahui P.S. Case No.230 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sanjay/- U T