Jitendra Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.88162 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-83 Year-2025 Thana- NAWANAGAR District- Buxar ====================================================== Jitendra Yadav Son of Late Jatuli Yadav R/O Vill.- Mahanta, P.S.- Nawanagar, Dist.- Buxar.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Dr. Kamal Deo Sharma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Arun Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 24-02-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Nawanagar P.S. Case no.83 of 2025 registered under sections 103(1) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. As per the prosecution case, the informant states that the petitioner herein who happens to be the husband of his sister along with his brother strangulated his sister to death.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case only for the reason that he happens to be the husband of the deceased. There is no explanation for the delay in lodging of the FIR. It was much after the post-mortem examination and cremation of the body that the FIR was registered. The marriage was solemnised

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.88162 of 2025(4) dt.24-02-2026 2/2 in the year 2014 and there are two minor children born out of the said wedlock. The petitioner is in custody since 2.10.2025 and has no criminal antecedent. Chargesheet has been submitted in the case.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegations against the petitioner in the FIR wherein the petitioner who happens to be the husband of the deceased is said to have strangulated the sister of the informant to death together with the allegation having been supported in the post-mortem examination report wherein the cause of death is said to be asphyxia due to strangulation, the Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail and application is rejected.

7. Learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial. (Partha Sarthy, J) Saurabh/- U T