Sujit Yadav @ Sujit Kumar v. The State of Bihar
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Anticipatory bail ALLOWED by Patna High Court, order dated 04-12-2025 (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J), in connected Criminal Miscellaneous Nos. 8384 and 8793 of 2025 arising from Goh P.S. Case No. 269 of 2024, Thana-GOH, District-Aurangabad, registered under Sections 80(2), 103 and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023. Beneficiaries: Bigani Devi @ Vigani Devi, Ram Yadav @ Ram Kumar, Smita Kumari @ Asmita Kumari @ Ashmita Kumari, and Sujit Yadav @ Sujit Kumar (husband, whose 2019 marriage with the informant's sister is alleged in the FIR). Allegation: assault and killing of the informant's sister on 14.09.2024 over non-fulfillment of a Rs.2,50,000/- dowry demand. Basis of grant: postmortem showed no internal or external injury; FSL found no poisonous substance in viscera (death 'suspected'); defence cited independent witnesses Jai Prakash Kumar, Neeraj Kumar and Rajdeo Paswan. Conditions: arrest/surrender within four weeks; bail bonds Rs.10,000/- each with two like sureties; satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad; compliance with Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS, 2023. State (Uma Shankar Prasad Singh, APP) and informant (Anil Kr. Sinha; Satyavir) opposed. No precedents discussed.