Suraj Paswan @ Suraj Kumar @ Suraj Kumar Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4321 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2024 Thana- BANMANKHI District- Purnia ====================================================== Suraj Paswan @ Suraj Kumar @ Suraj Kumar Paswan Son of Rabindra Paswan Resident of Haripurmadi, ward No. 08, PS- Banmankhi, District -Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Md Fazle Karim For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Md. Fahimuddin ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 03-03-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Banmankhi P.S. Case No. 156/2024 dated 24.04.2024 registered for the offence punishable u/s 302 and 201 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have committed murder of Nisha Kumari and they also tried to burn the corpse but they cremated her dead body.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4321 of 2025(2) dt.03-03-2025 2/2 this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner who is husband of the deceased. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. It is submitted that the deceased was not subjected to torture and cruelty soon before her death for or in connection with demand of dowry. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 25.06.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner by submitting that the petitioner is the husband of the deceased who killed her after three months of her marriage. There are sufficient materials against the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the heinous nature of offence against the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner and the same is rejected in connection with Banmankhi P.S. Case No. 156/2024, pending in the court of learned C.J.M, Purnea.

7. This application stands rejected.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) atul/- U T