Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court (Shailendra Singh, J., 10-12-2025) in CR. MISC. No.64687 of 2025 rejected the regular bail prayer of Shiv Bachan Das, father-in-law of the deceased, accused under Sections 80(2), 108, 238 and 3(5) BNS in Shakurabad P.S. Case No. 275/2024 (Jehanabad) for the alleged dowry-demand murder of the informant's sister; dead body recovered from an open field; trial nearly complete with all prosecution witnesses examined; two criminal antecedents and alleged pressure on a prosecution witness to withdraw the case weighed against bail.
What did the court decide?
Bail refused: considering the seriousness of the allegations, mainly the recovery of the deceased's dead body from an open field, the stage of the petitioner's trial and his criminal antecedents, the court was not inclined to release the petitioner on bail at this stage.