IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18498 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-378 Year-2025 Thana- PIRPAINTI District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Jaikant Ravidas @ Anil Das @ Anil Ravidas @ Jaikant Das Son of Kopal Das @ Kopal Ravidas Resident of village Kunjbanna, P.S.- Pirpaiti, District - Bhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajit Kumar Singh, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 3 01-05-2026 Heard Mr. Ajit Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since 19.08.2025 in connection with Pirpaiti P.S. Case No. 378 of 2025, F.I.R. dated 18.08.2025 registered for the offence under Sections 80 and 3(5) of BNS. 3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the daughter of the informant who was married to the petitioner, was continuously subjected to abuse, assault, and dowry demand of 1 lakh by her husband and in-laws. The matter was earlier ₹ reported to the informant, upon which he visited and tried to Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18498 of 2026(3) dt.01-05-2026 2/4 pacify the situation. On 17.08.2025, the victim died at her matrimonial home, and the information was conveyed to the informant by a neighbour on 18.08.2025. He suspected that the accused persons, including the petitioner, had killed his daughter by strangulation, leading to registration of the F.I.R. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent, the allegation as alleged in the FIR is false and fabricated and the petitioner has not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. The petitioner has been made accused in the present case merely on the ground that the petitioner is the husband of the deceased. He further submits that from bare perusal of the FIR, it appears that the petitioner is named in FIR but there is no specific allegation of any assault or overt act attributed against the petitioner rather there is general and omnibus allegation against all the accused persons including the petitioner. Further submits that for the same set of allegation the co-accused persons namely, Yasoda Devi and Kopal Das, who happens to be the in-laws of the petitioner have been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 28.01.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 4078 of 2026. 5. Learned APP for the State, on the other hand, has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18498 of 2026(3) dt.01-05-2026 3/4 submits that the petitioner is involved in the present crime in question. Apart from that, the postmortem report of the deceased reveals that there is a number of antemortem injuries found on the person of the deceased which is quotes hereinbelow; “tongue was protruded. The nail beds were cyanused. The face was deeply congested. Skin was peeling. Body was swallowed. One bruise 1.5" X 0.5" pressure mark found over upper part of right side of neck front. One bruise 2.5" X 0.5" pressure mark found over upper part of left side of neck front. On doing dissection of neck the underlined surface tissues were bruised. Mucosa of larynx and trachea were deeply congested. Tracheal lumen found to contain blood stained froth. Upper part of tracheal rings was found fractured. Hyoid bone was found fractured. On opening the chest and abdominal cavity both lungs were deeply congested. All abdominal viscera viz. Liver, spleen and both kidneys were congested. Brain and its meninges were congested. Opinion regarding above noted injuries were antemortem, homicidal, grievous and dangerous to life in Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18498 of 2026(3) dt.01-05-2026 4/4 ordinary course of nature and caused by pressure applied by ame soft/firm and blunt object over neck front. The cause of death is asphyxia and shock due to antemortem manual strangulation i.e. throttling.” 6. Considering the aforesaid fact, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail in connection with Pirpaiti P.S. Case No. 378 of 2025 pending in the court of learned District and Addl. Sessions Judge-XI, Bhagalpur. 7. Prayer is refused. Abhishek/- (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) U