IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14283 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-672 Year-2025 Thana- KISHANGANJ District- Kishanganj ====================================================== Sonu Kumar Gupta Son of Ashok Prasad Gupta Resident of Village - Khagra Machhmara, Ward no. 32, Police Station - Kishanganj, Distict-Kishanganj. ... ... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Durga Nand Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party-State: Mr. Manoj Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 3 18-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Kishanganj P.S. Case No. 672 of 2025 dated 08.12.2025, registered for the offence under Sections 103(1), 80(2) and 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. It is alleged that on 08.12.2025, at about 01:00 PM, the informant got an information that his granddaughter has died. Accordingly, he reached at her matrimonial house and found her dead having black mark on her neck. The informant has alleged that after the marriage of his granddaughter, which was solemnized in December, 2022, her in-laws used to torture her. He expressed suspicion that co-accused persons including the petitioner committed the murder of his granddaughter. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14283 of 2026(3) dt.18-04-2026 2/2 submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated as the marriage was a love marriage and, in fact, petitioner loved his wife very much and there is a small child out of the wedlock, who is un-cared now. The postmortem report would go to show that there is no external or internal injury on the person of the deceased and the cause of death has been opined by the autopsy surgeon due to asphyxia by hanging. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that, in fact, over some dispute between the husband and wife, in a spur of moment and in the heat of passion, she committed suicide. The petitioner is in jail custody since 09.12.2025 and charge-sheet has been submitted. There is no allegation of tampering and there is no criminal antecedents of the petitioner. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the, above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kishanganj, in connection with Kishanganj P.S. Case No. 672 of 2025. Pawan/- (Praveen Kumar, J) U T