Deepu Kumar @ Dipu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15130 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-470 Year-2022 Thana- JAGDISHPUR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Deepu Kumar @ Dipu Kumar S/o- Ram Deo Mahto @ Ramdeosingh VillageNiniya tola Deoghar Ps-Jagdispur Dist- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Shweta, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Gulnar Begum, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 09-05-2025 Heard Ms. Shweta, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms. Gulnar Begum, learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since 21.09.2022, in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 470 of 2022, F.I.R. dated 20.09.2022 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304B, 328, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Earlier the prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected vide order dated 23.01.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 45333 of 2023 by a Coordinate Bench of this Court.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case merely on the ground that he is the husband of the deceased. He further submits that the petitioner is in judicial custody since 21.09.2022 and the trial is not in progress.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15130 of 2025(4) dt.09-05-2025 2/2
5. Vide order dated 18.04.2025 a report was called for with regard to the stage of the trial. Report dated 26.04.2025 of the learned Trial Court reveals that there are seven chargesheeted witnesses as mentioned in the chargesheet and all the prosecution witnesses have been examined but the prosecution has filed an application for deposition of Doctor who has prepared the postmortem report and Investigating Officer.
6. Learned APP for the State, on the other hand, vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
7. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and in view of the report of the learned Trial Court as well as the allegation as alleged in the F.I.R., I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 470 of 2022 pending in the Court of learned Additional & Sessions Judge-VII, Bhojpur, Ara
8. Prayer is refused.
9. However, the learned Trial Court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same at the earliest. (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) Ibrar//- U T