Vijay Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.25739 of 2025, decided 19-12-2025 by Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh. Petitioner Vijay Kumar sought regular bail in PS Case No.-340 of 2024 (Thana Bairiya, West Champaran) for offences under sections 103(1), 238 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Prosecution case: informant's daughter, married to the petitioner in 2015, allegedly tortured and harassed for dowry demands, found killed with body hidden on information received on 1.8.2021. Defence submitted the allegation was general and omnibus, the deceased died during treatment, charge was framed on 12.11.2025, and custody ran from 8.10.2024. State and informant opposed bail. Court allowed bail on a Rs.10,000/- bond with two like sureties before the Sessions Judge, Kishanganj in Sessions Trial No. 90/2025.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner to be enlarged on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sessions Judge, Kishanganj in Sessions Trial No. 90/2025.