Shatrudhan Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87518 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-284 Year-2025 Thana- LALGANJ District- Vaishali ====================================================== 1.

Shatrudhan Sahni Son of Rambali Sahni Resident of Village -Salempur PSLalganj District -Vaishali 2.

Ranjeet Sahni Son of Rambali Sahni Resident of Village -Salempur PSLalganj District -Vaishali 3.

Pankaj Sahni @ Pankaj Kumar Son of Rambali Sahni Resident of Village -Salempur PS- Lalganj District -Vaishali 4.

Rambali Sahni son of Late Mushafir Sahni Resident of Village -Salempur PS- Lalganj District -Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shyameshwar Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Raj Kishor Singh, APP For the Informant :

Mr. Abhijeet Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 12-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the informant and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Lalganj P.S. Case No. 284 of 2025, instituted under Sections 80, 3(5) of the B.N.S.

3. As per the prosecution case, daughter of the informant has been killed by the F.I.R. named accused persons.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. Petitioner Nos. 1 and 2 are Bhaisur of the deceased, Petitioner No. 3 is Devar and Petitioner No. 4 is father-in-law of the deceased. Petitioners have got no concern with the day to day

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87518 of 2025(2) dt.12-01-2026 2/2 affairs of the family of deceased and they were living separately from the family of deceased. Husband of the deceased is in custody against whom charge-sheet has already been submitted. Petitioner Nos. 1, 3 and 4 have no criminal antecedent. Petitioner No. 2 has one criminal antecedent which is of Excise Act in which he is on bail. There is no chance of absconding the petitioners or tampering with the evidence. Petitioners undertake to co-operate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submission of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioners be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Lalganj P.S. Case No. 284 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) rakhi/- U T