Yamuna Chaudhary @ Yamuna Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14282 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-416 Year-2022 Thana- ARWAL District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Yamuna Chaudhary @ Yamuna Kumar Son Of Late Munshi Chaudhary R/VArwal Sipah, P.S.- Arwal, District- Arwal ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ranjay Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kumar Veerendra Narayan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 18-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner in the present case is seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with Arwal P.S. Case No. 416 of 2022 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code. He has got no criminal antecedent. As per the prosecution story, the daughter of informant was married to this petitioner and after marriage, the petitioner and his family members started torturing her for nonfulfillment of demand of dowry. It is alleged that on 26.08.2022, the informant received information about the death of his daughter.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. It is submitted that the daughter of the informant died

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14282 of 2023(2) dt.18-05-2023 2/2 natural death.

Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case wherein the petitioner is the husband of the deceased who died within two years of the marriage in the premises of the matrimonial home, this Court is not inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

The prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is, thus, refused.

In case, the petitioner surrenders and prays for regular bail in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, his prayer for regular bail shall be considered on its own merit within being prejudice by the order of this Court. This application stands disposed of.

(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) SUSHMA2/- U T