Lack of substantive evidence against petitioners dismissed harassment allegations; bail granted.

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER

2 21-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State .

2. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 108 , 61 ( 2 ) and 3 (5) of Bns.

3 . As per F.I.R., informant namely, Nitesh Kumar alleged that these petitioner along with other co-accused persons used to mentally harass the victim ( brother of informant ) after which victim committed suicide by hanging himself.

4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that these petitioners are own brother-in law of the deceased. It is highly unbelievable that these petitioner being own brother- in-law of informant would instigate or urge the brother of informant to commit such offence . There is no direct or indirect materials available on record against these petitioners to show their complicity in the present occurrence. There is no material to show that these petitioners played any active or indirect role or instigated the deceased to commit suicide .

Petitioners claim clean antecedent.

5 . Learned counsel for the State oppose the bail petition .

6 Considering the aforesaid facts, relationship between the parties, clean antecedent of these petitioners and other circumstances of the case , in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioners, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Rajapakar P.S. Case No. 212 of 2025 , subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 ( 2 ) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS ) , 2023 .

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J)