IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29921 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-109 Year-2024 Thana- AGIAON BAZAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Phulendra Choudhary, S/O Late Jamuna Chaudhary, resident of Village- Chaktola, P.S.-Agiaon Bazar, Dist.- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Amarendra Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Chandra Sen Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 2 15-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Agiaon Bazar P.S. Case No. 109 of 2024 dated 24.07.2024 instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 80(2), 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the marriage of the informant's sister was solemnized with the son of the petitioner. After marriage, the petitioner and his family members demanded a motorcycle and a gold chain as additional dowry. For this, they threatened to face dire consequences. It is alleged that they used to assault and abuse the informant 's sister. It is further alleged that the petitioner and his family members killed the daughter of her sister by strangulating her. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29921 of 2025(2) dt.15-05-2025 2/3 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the father-in-law of the deceased. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner rather the allegation against the petitioner is general and omnibus. It is further submitted that the petitioner and his wife were residing separately from their son and daugher-in-law (deceased). Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that mother- in-law of the deceased i.e. wife of the petitioner has been granted anticipatory bail in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 28267of 2025 passed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court. Lastly, it has been submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 01.10.2024 having no criminal antecedents. Charge-sheet has been submitted in the case. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 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 learned J.M., 1st Class, Bhojpur, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29921 of 2025(2) dt.15-05-2025 3/3 Ara in connection with Agiaon Bazar P.S. Case No. 109 of 2024. premchand/- (Khatim Reza, J) U T