Patna High Court

Ranjeet Kumar Sah @ Ranjeet Kumar SahuversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 22 January 2026
Disposal: BAIL GRANTED
Bench: NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY

Holding

The court granted regular bail to the petitioner.

Summary

The petitioner, Ranjeet Kumar Sah, was accused under Sections 85, 103(1) and 3(5) of the BNS for the alleged dowry‑related death of his former partner. The petition claims he was falsely implicated, noting that the marriage occurred ten years earlier and produced two minor children, and that the alleged dowry demand for a motorcycle and Rs 10 lakh appears implausible. The FIR records that the petitioner’s elder brother informed the deceased’s father, who arrived at the cremation site, while the State argues that the deceased had previously complained of torture via mobile phone, though no call‑detail records were produced. Other co‑accused had already been granted bail. After considering the facts, the court ordered the petitioner’s release on bail with a bond of Rs 10,000 and two sureties, subject to his cooperation in the trial.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner is entitled to regular bail for offences under Sections 85, 103(1) and 3(5) of the BNS in a dowry‑death case.

Legislation cited

BNS — s. 103(1), 3(5), 85

Subjects

regular bail
dowry death
criminal procedure
BNS
Section 85
Section 103(1)
Section 3(5)
bail conditions

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65439 of 2025
                  Arising Out of PS. Case No.-71 Year-2025 Thana- GHOGHARDIHA District- Madhubani
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                 Ranjeet Kumar Sah @ Ranjeet Kumar Sahu S/o Rajlal Sah R/o Village -
                 Nauwabakhar, P.S - Ghoghardiha, District - Madhubani

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

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s       :      Mr. Krishna Pd. Singh, Sr. Advocate
                                                   Mr. GaganDeo Yadav
                                                   Mr.Ravi Prakash
                                                   Mr. Udeshya Kumar Yadav
                 For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr.Bharat Bhushan

                 ======================================================
                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR
                 PANDEY
                                       ORAL ORDER

5   22-01-2026                          Heard the learned counsel for the parties.

                                 2. This is an application for regular bail on behalf of

                   the petitioner for the offences alleged under Sections 85, 103(1)

                   and 3(5) of the BNS,                   registered in connection with

                   Ghoghardiha P.S.Case No. 71 of 2025.

                                 3. As per the allegation, the deceased was tormented

                   in various ways and ultimately done to death for dowry demand.

                                 4. The learned senior counsel for the petitioner has

                   submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been

                   implicated. The marriage was solemnized 10 years prior to the
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          occurrence. Two sons, aged 8 and 9 years, respectively, borne

          out of the wedlock of the petitioner and the deceased. The

          learned senior counsel has submitted further that ten years after

          the marriage, the demand of a bullet motor-cycle and Rs.

          10,00,000/-, prima facie appears far-fetched and false. Other co-

          accused persons have been granted bail/anticipatory bail. The

          FIR itself shows that the elder brother of the petitioner had

          informed the father of the deceased on which he rushed to the

          place where cremation was going out.

                       5. On the other hand, Mr Shailendra Kumar, learned

          APP for the State and the learned counsel for the informant,

          have opposed the prayer for bail. The learned counsel for the

          informant has subitted that prior to the occurrence the deceased

          informed her father that the accused persons were torturing her

          on mobile phone, to which the learned senior counsel for the

          petitioner replied that there is no investigation on this point and

          the CDR is not there in the case diary.

                       6. Considering the above facts and circumstances, let

          the petitioner, above-named, 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 J.M. First Class,

          Jhanjharpur, Madhubani in connection with Ghoghardiha
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                     P.S.Cse No. 71 of 2025, subject to the following condition that

                     the petitioner shall cooperate in the disposal of trial and make

                     himself available on each and every date fixed in the court

                     below.


                                          (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J)

HR/-

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