Patna High Court
Navnit Jha @ Navnit Shubhkant JhaversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
Anticipatory bail was granted to the petitioner subject to the conditions prescribed under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Summary
The petitioner, Navnit Jha, sought anticipatory bail after an FIR was lodged under Sections 108 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita alleging that he, along with his father, tortured his mother, leading to her suicide. He contended that the allegations were false, that he had a clean record, and highlighted a delay of more than 29 days between the alleged incident (6‑6‑2025) and the filing of the FIR (5‑7‑2025). The State opposed the bail, arguing the seriousness of the offences. The Court examined the delay, the vague nature of the torture allegations, and the petitioner’s willingness to cooperate, and concluded that anticipatory bail could be granted subject to conditions. Accordingly, the Court ordered that the petitioner be released on anticipatory bail upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs 10,000 with two sureties, under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner under the circumstances of the FIR and alleged offences.
Legislation cited
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita — s. 108, 3(5), 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- false implication
- FIR delay
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Section 108
- Section 3(5)
- Section 482(2)
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4707 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-96 Year-2025 Thana- Nehra District- Darbhanga
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Navnit Jha @ Navnit Shubhkant Jha S/O Shubhkant Jha @ Shubhkant
Murlidhar Jha R/O Village- Raghopur,PS-Nehra,District- Darbhanga at
present residing at 403,B-34,B Wing Vridavan Unit No.4, General
A.K.Vaidya Marg, Krishnavatika Temple, Gokuldham, PS- Goregoan East,
District- Suburban, Mumbai, Maharashtra
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Nagendra Kumar
For the Opposite Party/s : Ms.Pushpa Sinha
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 17-03-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and
learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case
registered for the offences punishable under Sections 108 and
3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant
alleges that he received an information by his aunt on 6-6-2025
at 9:31 pm that his mother committed suicide, accordingly he
reached DMCH, it is next alleged that while his mother was
staying at Mumbai, she was tortured by his father, uncle
(petitioner), and grand-father, thus his mother along with him
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left Mumbai and came back to Dhanbad and started staying at
their maternal grand-father’s place, thus alleges that his mother
committed suicide on account of torture meted out by the
accused persons, next allege that his father is a drunkard and
used to assault and abuse and demanded jewellery and money
from his mother, which she had saved, for the purposes of
drinking.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the
informant, being uncle. It is next submitted that it is not in
dispute that father of the informant is a drunkard, but then
petitioner was not staying with his brother at Mumbai rather was
living separately in his own house. It is also submitted that
mother of the informant used to complain about her husband,
but then petitioner and his father did not interfere in the family
matters for the reason that his brother was not willing to listen to
them, as such the mother of the informant along with the
informant came back to Dhanbad and started staying with her
parents, where she committed suicide, it is next submitted that it
appears that by way of afterthought, the instant FIR came to be
instituted implicating the petitioner and his father also. It is
submitted that the date of occurrence is 6-6-2025 and the FIR
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came to be instituted on 5-7-2025, i.e., after a delay of more
than 29 days and the FIR was seen by the learned CJM on 10-7-
2025. It is next submitted that had the petitioner and his father
been torturing the victim at Mumbai, in that event, the victim
might have committed suicide at Mumbai, but then she came
back to Dhanbad, being fed up with the conduct of her husband.
It is also submitted that petitioner works for movie Director,
Prakash Jha and thus is involved in his work and is a busy
person and it appears that after the death of his Bhabhi, his
nephew, at the behest of his relatives from maternal side,
instituted the instant FIR after a delay of more than 29 days. It is
further submitted that even allegation of torture is general and
omnibus in nature. It is submitted that petitioner will not
abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove his
innocence.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for
anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned
counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the
event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks
from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail
bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties
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of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial
court where the case is pending/successor court in connection
with Nehra P.S. Case No. 96 of 2025, subject to the conditions
as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sumit/-
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