IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43517 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-82 Year-2025 Thana- BALTHAR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Serajul Dewan S/o Late Wakil Dewan R/o Village - Purushottampur, P.S. -Purushottampur, Dist. - West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sarvesh Kashyap, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 19-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Balthar P.S. Case No. 82 of 2025 dated 12.07.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per the prosecution case, the informant alleged that her younger son was a driver of Shivdani bus. When his bus caught malfunctioned, he went to his matrimonial home to meet his wife. It is alleged that on 06.07.2025 at about 07:00 P.M., her son received a telephonic call and thereafter, he left the house telling his wife that he is going to Purushottampur and would return by 9 O’clock, but he did not return. When his wife called him, firstly, the phone came busy and thereafter, the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43517 of 2026(3) dt.19-08-2026 2/3 phone became switched off. It is further alleged that on 07.07.2025 in the morning at around 7 O’clock, a call was received that a dead body of her son was lying near Bhawra Dhala. Thereafter, the informant and her family members went to that place and saw the dead body. Thereafter, the dead body was taken to postmortem, by seeing the dead body it appeared that her son has been inflicted with several knife blows on face, neck and his forelimbs were also fractured.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. There is no eye-witness to the alleged occurrence of murder and there are no circumstances to connect the petitioner in the alleged occurrence. Petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and his name transpired on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Rohit Kumar, who has already been granted regular bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 09.04.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 6211 of 2026. Petitioner claims clean antecedent and is in custody since 15.04.2026. 5. However, learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this bail application is allowed. The petitioner, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43517 of 2026(3) dt.19-08-2026 3/3 above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, West Champaran, Bettiah in connection with Balthar P.S. Case No. 82 of 2025. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43517 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-82 Year-2025 Thana- BALTHAR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Serajul Dewan S/o Late Wakil Dewan R/o Village - Purushottampur, P.S. -Purushottampur, Dist. - West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sarvesh Kashyap, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 19-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Balthar P.S. Case No. 82 of 2025 dated 12.07.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per the prosecution case, the informant alleged that her younger son was a driver of Shivdani bus. When his bus caught malfunctioned, he went to his matrimonial home to meet his wife. It is alleged that on 06.07.2025 at about 07:00 P.M., her son received a telephonic call and thereafter, he left the house telling his wife that he is going to Purushottampur and would return by 9 O’clock, but he did not return. When his wife called him, firstly, the phone came busy and thereafter, the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43517 of 2026(3) dt.19-08-2026 2/3 phone became switched off. It is further alleged that on 07.07.2025 in the morning at around 7 O’clock, a call was received that a dead body of her son was lying near Bhawra Dhala. Thereafter, the informant and her family members went to that place and saw the dead body. Thereafter, the dead body was taken to postmortem, by seeing the dead body it appeared that her son has been inflicted with several knife blows on face, neck and his forelimbs were also fractured.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. There is no eye-witness to the alleged occurrence of murder and there are no circumstances to connect the petitioner in the alleged occurrence. Petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and his name transpired on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Rohit Kumar, who has already been granted regular bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 09.04.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 6211 of 2026. Petitioner claims clean antecedent and is in custody since 15.04.2026. 5. However, learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this bail application is allowed. The petitioner, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43517 of 2026(3) dt.19-08-2026 3/3 above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, West Champaran, Bettiah in connection with Balthar P.S. Case No. 82 of 2025. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T