Indal Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17465 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-113 Year-2020 Thana- KHIRI MORE District- Patna ====================================================== INDAL PASWAN S/o Timal Paswan Resident of Village- Patauna, P.S.- Khiri More, District- Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Akhileshwar Dayal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 23-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the parties through video conferencing.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in a case registered under sections 304B, 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, the accused persons including the petitioner herein who happens to the husband of the deceased tortured the daughter of the informant for nonfulfillment of the demand of dowry. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case only for the reason that he happens to be the husband of the deceased. The allegations are false and concocted. Chargesheet has been submitted in the case. The petitioner is in custody

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17465 of 2022(3) dt.23-12-2022 2/2 since 29.6.2021. He undertakes to cooperate in the trial. Heard learned counsel for the APP.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegations in the FIR, the petitioner being the husband of the deceased, chargesheet having been submitted under section 304B of the Indian Penal Code besides other sections and the cause of death in the postmortem report having been given as asphyxia due to strangulation (throttling), and postmortem drowning, the Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail and the application is rejected.

Learned trial court is directed to expedite the trial. (Partha Sarthy, J) Spd/- U T