Jitendra YadavversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.88162 of 2025
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-83 Year-2025 Thana- NAWANAGAR District- Buxar
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                 Jitendra Yadav Son of Late Jatuli Yadav R/O Vill.- Mahanta, P.S.- Nawanagar,
                 Dist.- Buxar.

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

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :      Dr. Kamal Deo Sharma, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr. Arun Kumar, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY
                                       ORAL ORDER

4   24-02-2026                      1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

                                    2. The petitioner has preferred this application for

                   grant of regular bail in connection with Nawanagar P.S. Case

                   no.83 of 2025 registered under sections 103(1) and 3(5) of the

                   Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

                                    3. As per the prosecution case, the informant states

                   that the petitioner herein who happens to be the husband of his

                   sister along with his brother strangulated his sister to death.

                                  4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

                   petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case only for the

                   reason that he happens to be the husband of the deceased. There

                   is no explanation for the delay in lodging of the FIR. It was

                   much after the post-mortem examination and cremation of the

                   body that the FIR was registered. The marriage was solemnised
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                      in the year 2014 and there are two minor children born out of

                      the said wedlock. The petitioner is in custody since 2.10.2025

                      and has no criminal antecedent. Chargesheet has been submitted

                      in the case.

                                  5. The application for bail is opposed by learned A.P.P.

                      for the State.

                                   6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and

                      taking into consideration the allegations against the petitioner in

                      the FIR wherein the petitioner who happens to be the husband

                      of the deceased is said to have strangulated the sister of the

                      informant to death together with the allegation having been

                      supported in the post-mortem examination report wherein the

                      cause of death is said to be asphyxia due to strangulation, the

                      Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail and

                      application is rejected.

                                   7. Learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial.



                                                  (Partha Sarthy, J)
Saurabh/-

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