Shivchandra Bhagat @ Shivchandra Bhakt v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.41463 of 2014 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -49 Year- 2009 Thana -PAROO District- MUZAFFARPUR ====================================================== Shivchandra Bhagat @ Shivchandra Bhakt, Son of Late Langatu Bhagat Resident of Village-Khutahi, P.S.-Paru, District-Muzaffarpur. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ganesh Prasad Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Arun Kumar Singh No.-5, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER 20-03-2015 Heard.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a criminal prosecution registered under Sections 302/120B of the Indian Penal Code.

Taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner is the husband of the deceased and he is alleged to have participated in the crime in question, this Court is not inclined to accede to the prayer made on behalf of the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail in connection with Paru P.S. Case No.49 of 2009 pending in the court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (West), Muzaffarpur. Accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected.

However, if the petitioner surrenders in the court below within a period of four weeks from today and makes a prayer for regular bail, then the same shall be considered and decided on its own merits, without being prejudiced/influenced by the present order.

Arvind/- (Birendra Prasad Verma, J) U T