Nanhi Lal Mehta v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87681 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-211 Year-2025 Thana- BIRPUR District- Supaul ====================================================== Nanhi Lal Mehta, male, aged abou 45 years, S/O Late Bechcha Mehta @ Bachcha Mehta, R/O Village- Banailipatti Ward no. 2, P.S- Birpur, DistrictSupaul. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Bindeshwar Prasad Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Rana Randhir Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 11-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Birpur PS Case No.211 of 2025 dated 22.06.2025, instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 103(1), 61(2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. As per the prosecution case, the deceased, who is the father of the informant and the sister-in-law (Bhabhi) of the informant, who was a widow, used to reside in the ancestral house of the informant. On the alleged, date of occurrence, in the early morning, the informant came to know that his father has died. When he visited the ancestral house, he found his father was lying dead and he noticed some foul play. The
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87681 of 2025(3) dt.11-02-2026 2/3 informant raised suspicion that his sister-in-law (Bhabhi) and the petitioner has committed the murder of the deceased because there was illicit relationship between his sister-in-law (Bhabhi) and the petitioner which was always opposed by the deceased.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been made accused only on the basis of suspicion. There is no eye witness to the occurrence. Nothing incriminating has come against the petitioner during investigation. As a matter of fact, the informant himself had deserted his old father and widow sister-in-law, who were living separately from the informant and he was not ready to give the share to his sister-in-law and due to this he has lodged this false and concocted case. The deceased has died due to cardiac arrest. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 01.09.2025 having no criminal antecedents.
5. Learned APP has opposed the prayer for bail.
6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the ACJM, Birpur, Supaul, in Birpur PS Case No.211 of 2025.
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7. The application stands allowed.
(Khatim Reza, J) J. Alam/- U T