Vilas Ravidas @ Vilash RavidasversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.91521 of 2025
                        Arising Out of PS. Case No.-558 Year-2025 Thana- HILSA District- Nalanda
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                 Vilas Ravidas @ Vilash Ravidas S/o Late Jhopari Das @ Jhopadi Ravidas
                 Resident of Village - Bhokilapar, P.S. - Hilsa, District - Nalanda

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

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s    :        Mr. Shyamal Prakash, Advocate
                 For the Informant       :        Ms. Kumari Sujata Sinha, Advocate
                 For the State           :        Mr. Pawan Kumar Chaurasia, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   13-01-2026                    Heard Mr. Shyamal Prakash, learned counsel for the

                   petitioner, Ms. Kumari Sujata Sinha, learned counsel for the

                   Informant and Mr. Pawan Kumar Chaurasia, learned APP for the

                   State.

                                 2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since

                   19.08.2025, in connection with Hilsa P.S. Case No. 558 of 2025,

                   F.I.R. dated 17.08.2025 registered for the offences punishable

                   under Sections 80(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S. 2023 and Section ¾ of

                   the Dowry Prohibition Act.

                                 3. Allegation against the petitioner is of committing

                   torture and caused death due to non-fulfillment of demand of

                   dowry.

                                 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
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          petitioner has clean antecedent and he has been falsely

          implicated in the present case and he has been made accused

          merely on the ground that he is father-in-law of the deceased.

          From perusal of the F.I.R. it appears that the petitioner is named

          in the F.I.R. but there is no specific allegation of any assault or

          overt or demand of dowry attributed against the petitioner in the

          F.I.R. and husband of the deceased who happens to be son of the

          petitioner is in judicial custody and petitioner is an aged abiout

          73 years of old and the police after investigation submitted

          chargesheet against the petitioner and the petitioner is in custody

          since 19.08.2025.

                       5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the

          State as well as learned counsel for the Informant, on the other

          hand, vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

                       6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case

          and the fact that the petitioner having clean antecedent and there

          is no specific allegation against him in the F.I.R., let the

          petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail

          bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties

          of the like amount each to the satisfaction of             learned

          Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda             in

          connection with Hilsa P.S. Case No. 558 of 2025, subject to the
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                         following conditions :-

                                      (1) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be

                         properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court

                         and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and

                         on his absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient

                         reason, his bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below.

                                      (2) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the

                         witness, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move

                         for cancellation of bail.

                                      (3) And, further condition that the court below shall

                         verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at

                         any stage, it is found that the petitioner has concealed his

                         criminal antecedents, the court below shall take step for

                         cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner.             However, the

                         acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order

                         shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of

                         verification.



                                                                       (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J)
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