Subodh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17156 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-60 Year-2024 Thana- JURAWANPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Subodh Kumar S/o- Sri Nepali Rai Village- Paharpur Purvi PS-Jurawanpur District-Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mrs. Bela Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-04-2025 Heard Mrs. Bela Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Jurawanpur P.S. Case No. 60/ 2024 dated 18.04.2024 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Section(s) 304B, 201 read with section 34 of the IPC.

3. The main submissions advanced by the petitioner's counsel are that though the petitioner is the husband of the deceased, who died about three years after her marriage, but in actual, she was suffering from gynae problem and admittedly, she had given birth to a girlchild one year after her marriage and that child died and thereafter, the victim's health condition deteriorated and as per the FIR, the deceased was taken to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17156 of 2025(2) dt.11-04-2025 2/3 hospital by the petitioner and his family members when her health condition deteriorated and the allegation as to assaulting her by the accused persons is completely false as admittedly, the informant who happens to be the mother of the deceased, got information of the death of the deceased on 11.02.2024 but she lodged the FIR on 18.04.2024 more than two months after the alleged occurrence. It is further submitted that petitioner has been languishing in jail since 19.04.2024 and investigation against him has been completed and he is ready to be released on bail after framing of charge.

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

5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case as well as the aforesaid submissions advanced by the petitioner's counsel and mainly the inordinate delay having taken place in lodging the FIR despite the factum of death of the deceased having come in the knowledge of the informant more than two months prior to the registration of the FIR coupled with the completion of investigation against him, this court is inclined to grant the relief of regular bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, let the petitioner named-above be released on bail in connection with Jurawanpur P.S. Case No. 60/ 2024 on

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17156 of 2025(2) dt.11-04-2025 3/3 furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/-( Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned with the condition that petitioner shall be released after framing of charge and the learned trial court is directed to take steps for framing of charge upon the petitioner at the earliest, as per the procedure of law. (Shailendra Singh, J) BKS/- U T