IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17396 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-458 Year-2025 Thana- BIKRAM District- Patna ====================================================== Guddu Kumar S/O Akalu Yadav R/O Village- Doghara Tola, P.S- Bihta, Distt.- Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Jitendra Pd. Singh, Sr. Advocate Mr. Venkatesh Kaushik, Mr. Rajeev Kumar, Adv For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Nagendra Prasad, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Ashok Kumar Sinha, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 5 15-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, informant and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in Bikram P. S. Case No. 458 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 80, 238, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. 3. It is alleged that the F.I.R. named accused persons killed the daughter of informant due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. Petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. but his name transpired during course of investigation in confessional statement of co-accused Huddu Kumar, who is the husband of deceased, who stated that this petitioner helped him in commission of the offence. 4. Considering the fact that this petitioner along with Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17396 of 2026(5) dt.15-07-2026 2/2 other accused persons is alleged to have killed the daughter of informant, prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is refused. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T