Rajiv BindversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60123 of 2025
                        Arising Out of PS. Case No.-535 Year-2024 Thana- HILSA District- Nalanda
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                 Rajiv Bind S/o Ravindra Bind R/o vill - Kurmian Bigha, P.S.- Hilsa, Distt.-
                 Nalanda

                                                                                    ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                        Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Rewti Kant Raman
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Yogendra Kumar Singh
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

5   19-03-2026                  Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and

                   learned APP for the State.

                                2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with

                   Hilsa P.S. Case No. 535 of 2024 registered for the offence

                   under Section(s) 80(2), 61(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya

                   Sanhita, 2023 and Section ¾ of the DP Act.

                                3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner is the

                   husband of the deceased. He along with others are said to have

                   tortured and killed the deceased.

                                4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

                   petitioner is innocent and has not committed any offence.

                   Petitioner is in custody since 21.01.2025. He further submits

                   that the petitioner was working outside the State and he was not

                   present on the date of occurrence in his home and the primary
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          allegation is against the in-laws of the deceased.

                       5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently

          opposed the prayer for bail.

                       6. I have considered the submissions of the parties and

          have gone through the records of the case. During the

          investigation, a tempo driver, Dharmendra Kumar, has given a

          statement that he had taken the deceased, her in-laws, and a co-

          villager for the treatment of the deceased. However, on the way,

          they relieved him, and thereafter, the dead body of the deceased

          was recovered. It has also come during investigation that the

          deceased had been staying at her paternal home and had come to

          her in-laws’ house just one day before the occurrence.

                       7. From the materials available on record, it appears

          that the deceased was residing at her paternal home, and not in

          her matrimonial home. She was brought to her matrimonial

          house one day prior, and subsequently, she was found dead. The

          in-laws had engaged the services of Dharmendra, a tempo

          driver, who has not said that the petitioner was present at the

          time of death of the deceased.

                       8. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances,

          this application for regular bail is allowed.

                       9. Accordingly, let the petitioner, above named, be
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                      released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten

                      Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the

                      satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is

                      pending/successor Court in connection with Hilsa P.S. Case No.

                      535 of 2024.



                                                 (Sandeep Kumar, J)
Shishir/-

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