Jagarnath Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 13449 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-101 Year-2019 Thana- BASOPATTI District- Madhubani ====================================================== JAGARNATH YADAV Son of Ram Lakhan Yadav @ Lakhan Yadav Resident of Village - Ghorbanki Tole, Balat P.S. Basopatti, District - Madhubani. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Gagan Deo Yadav, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Dilip Kumar No.1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 01-06-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 304 B/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Petitioner, in association of nine named accused persons, is said to have committed murder of the niece of the informant by strangulating her on non-fulfillment of dowry demand.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that no such occurrence as alleged ever took place. The petitioner has committed no offence and has no concern with the aforesaid occurrence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. As a matter of fact, the marriage of the deceased was

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13449 of 2020(3) dt.01-06-2020 2/2 settled with an educated earning youth and knowing it from her cousin sister, she was hurt intentionally and which forced her to commit suicide. The petitioner has been languishing in custody since 20.08.2019.

Learned APP for the State vehemently opposing the bail petition submitted that the petitioner is the husband of the deceased and he, in association of nine other persons, committed the murder of the deceased by strangulating her. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The prayer for bail is hereby rejected. However, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail after framing of charge.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J.) Trivedi/- U T