Pintu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4024 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-229 Year-2025 Thana- MANER District- Patna ====================================================== Pintu Kumar Son of Naval Rai Resident of Village- Ganga Tola Lodipur, P.S.- Maner, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Maner P. S. Case No. 229 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80(2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and 3/ 4 of the D. P Act.
3. Prosecution case, in brief, is that marriage of the daughter of informant was solemnized with this petitioner in the year 2018 and thereafter it is alleged that all the F.I.R. named accused persons including this petitioner killed the daughter of informant due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner never demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. As a
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4024 of 2026(4) dt.13-05-2026 2/2 matter of fact, deceased herself committed suicide. Petitioner claims clean antecedent and is in custody since 04.08.2025 .
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that as per post-mortem report, multiple injuries were found on the body of the deceased.
6. Considering the nature of accusation and the fact that petitioner is husband of the deceased who died in her matrimonial house, under unnatural circumstances, prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected.
7. However, since petitioner is in custody since 04.08.2025 , Trial Court is directed to expedite and conclude the trial, preferably, within a period of one year from the date of receipt/production of copy of this order.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T