Patna High Court
Ajeet Ram @ Ajeet Kumar RamversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- ALLOWED
- Bench
- ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY
Holding
The Court directed that the petitioners be released on pre‑arrest bail subject to a bond and conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Summary
The petitioners, Ajeet Ram and Bhuvan Ram, who are respectively the brother‑in‑law and father‑in‑law of a deceased woman, were implicated in a case registered under Sections 103(1), 80(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, relating to the alleged murder of the deceased by her in‑laws over a cash demand. The prosecution alleged that the informant’s sister was killed after a marital dispute, while the petitioners contended that they were falsely implicated, had no criminal antecedents, and that the primary accusation was against the husband who was already in custody. The petitioners applied for pre‑arrest bail. The learned APP opposed the bail. The Court, after considering the nature of the allegations and the petitioners’ lack of prior record, ordered that they be released on pre‑arrest bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties, subject to Section 482(2) of the B.N.S., 2023.
Issues considered
- Whether pre‑arrest bail can be granted to the petitioners under Sections 103(1), 80(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
- Whether the nature of the allegations and the petitioners’ lack of criminal antecedents justify the grant of bail.
- Whether Section 482(2) of the B.N.S., 2023 applies to the bail order.
Legislation cited
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — s. 103(1), 3(5), 482(2), 80(2)
Subjects
- pre‑arrest bail
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
- Section 103
- Section 80
- Section 3
- Section 482
- false implication
- criminal antecedents
- bail bond
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.88918 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-77 Year-2025 Thana- HARPUR District- East Champaran
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1. Ajeet Ram @ Ajeet Kumar Ram S/O Bhuvan Ram R/O Village- Chikni,
P.S.- Harpur, District- East Champaran
2. Bhuvan Ram S/O Late Bharat Ram R/O Village- Chikni, P.S.- Harpur,
District- East Champaran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Patanjali Rishi, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY
ORAL ORDER
2 30-01-2026 Heard Mr. Patanjali Rishi, learned counsel appearing on
behalf of the petitioners and Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, learned
APP for the State.
2. The petitioners seeks pre-arrest bail in connection
with Harpur P.S. Case No. 77 of 2025 registered for the offence
punishable under Sections 103(1), 80(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S,
2023.
3. The case of the prosecution in short is that the sister
of the informant was married to one Sujit Ram on 03.03.2025
and after some days of marriage, there was demand of cash by
the in-laws, and due to non-fulfillment of the demand, the sister
of the informant was killed on 21.06.2025 by the in-laws. The
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sister-in-law of the deceased has informed the informant that the
deceased is ill, and when the informant arrived at the
matrimonial house of the deceased, he found that the sister was
lying dead.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
petitioners submitted that the petitioners have been falsely
implicated in the case. Learned counsel for the petitioners
submits that petitioner no. 1 namely, Ajeet Ram is brother-in-
law of the deceased whereas petitioner no. 2 namely, Bhuvan
Ram is father-in-law of the deceased. It has also been submitted
that the husband is already in custody. The nature of allegation
is general and omnibus and the main thrust of allegation is
against the husband. He further submits that the petitioners are
having no criminal antecedents.
5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed
the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the nature of allegation against the
petitioners, the petitioners, above named, are directed to be
released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of their arrest or
surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks
from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten
thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the
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satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate,
Raxaul, East Champaran in connection with Siwan Harpur P.S.
Case No. 77 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down
under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha
Sanhita, 2023.
(Ashok Kumar Pandey, J)
Sudhanshu/-
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