Kashi Prasad Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87102 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-110 Year-2025 Thana- PRATAPGANJ District- Supaul ====================================================== 1.
Kashi Prasad yadav Son of Late Sitaram Prasad Yadav@Late Sitaram Yadav R/o Village - Sreepur, Ward no. 11, P.S. - Pratap Ganj, District - Supaul. 2.
Veena Devi @ Bina Devi Wife of Kashi Prasad Yadav R/o Village - Sreepur, Ward no. 11, P.S. - Pratap Ganj, District - Supaul. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioners :
Mr. Chandra Mohan Jha, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Pramod Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-12-2025 Heard Mr. Chandra Mohan Jha, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Mr. Pramod Kumar Pandey, learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 103(1), 61(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S..
3. It is a case of dowry death. As per prosecution case, informant alleged that on 05.06.2025 at about 11 PM, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including these petitioners assaulted his daughter and after strangulating her, hanged the dead body to make it look like suicide. On 06.06.2025 when informant received information about the aforesaid incident, he
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87102 of 2025(2) dt.18-12-2025 2/3 reached at the place of occurrence where these petitioners along with police were already present. Informant further alleges that son-in-law of the informant was also killed by the accused persons, calling it a road accident, on 31.10.2023..
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. From bare perusal of the F.I.R., it is apparent that informant is not an eye witness of the occurrence and petitioners have been made accused in this case only on suspicion. Petitioner No. 1 is father-in-law and Petitioner No. 2 is mother-in-law of the deceased. Allegation against these petitioners is general and omnibus. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with the deceased. As a matter of fact deceased committed suicide. In post mortem report, doctor has found deep ligature mark on upper part of neck except left side on upper neck and opined the cause of death as cardio-respiratory failure due to asphyxia caused by hanging. Similarly situated co-accused persons have already been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by this Hon'ble Court vide order dated 10.12.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 82652 of 2025. Petitioners claim clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87102 of 2025(2) dt.18-12-2025 3/3 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 amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Birpur, District- Supaul in connection with Pratapganj P.S. Case No. 110 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T