Sakaldeo Ram @ Sakal Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6154 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-214 Year-2020 Thana- CHAKIA District- East Champaran ====================================================== SAKALDEO RAM @ SAKAL RAM Son of Lakhchand Ram Resident of Village - Parsauni Khem, P.S. - Chakiya, District - East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Vijay Shankar Shrivastava, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Harendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 22-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304(B), 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that his daughter was married to Amiri Lal Ram in 2017, after marriage accused persons, including the petitioner, were demanding dowry of Rs. 1 lac and a buffalow, further efforts were made to pacify the matter through panchayati but the same failed and on 16.06.2020, informant received information that his daughter has been killed.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6154 of 2022(2) dt.22-08-2022 2/2 informant is not an eyewitness to the occurrence and petitioner is the father-in-law of the deceased. Learned counsel submits that allegation with regard to dowry with respect to petitioner is general and omnibus in nature and the informant realizing his mistake has even filed a compromise petition in the learned trial court as would be evident from Annexure-2 series to the anticipatory bail application, further the husband of the deceased is in custody.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Chakiya P.S. Case No. 214 of 2020 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T