Abhijeet Kumar @ Golu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.82528 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-587 Year-2025 Thana- GAYA MUFASIL District- Gaya ====================================================== Abhijeet Kumar @ Golu Kumar Son of Vijay Sao @ Surya Narayan Resident of Village- Janakpur, Manpur, P.S.- Gaya Muffasil, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Aryan Singh, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Mithlesh Kumar Khare, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State .

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 103 (1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per prosecution case, informant, namely Shravan Prasad, alleged that marriage of his daughter was solemnized with co-accused Abhishek Kumar in the year 2015 as per Hindu rites and rituals and thereafter, she went to her matrimonial home and after sometime of the marriage, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner, started torturing and harassing her for dowry and subsequently, on 17.06.2025, all the accused persons, including this petitioner, killed the daughter of informant due to non-fulfillment of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82528 of 2025(2) dt.09-02-2026 2/3 demand of dowry.

4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Informant is not an eye witness to the occurrence. Petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case merely because he happens to be brother-in-law of the deceased. Petitioner is separate in mess and property and has got no concern with the affairs of deceased and her husband. It is further submitted that thrust of accusation is against husband of the deceased who is already in custody since 14.07.2025. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

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

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

7. According, in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, as named above, be enlarged 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82528 of 2025(2) dt.09-02-2026 3/3 connection with Gaya Muffasil P.S. Case No. 587 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 .

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