Chandan Kumar Gupta @ Abhishek Gupta @ Munna @ Chandan Abhishek v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.57323 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -211 Year- 2017 Thana -ARARIA District- ARRARIA ====================================================== Chandan Kumar Gupta @ Abhishek Gupta @ Munna @ Chandan Abhishek, Son of Late Dinesh Prasad, resident of Village- Azad Nagar, Police Station and District Araria.
.... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rama Nand Poddar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Ashok Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 21-12-2017 Heard the counsels for the parties.
The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Araria P.S. Case No. 211 of 2017 dated 02.04.2017 instituted for the offences under Sections 302, 120 (B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
The petitioner is husband of the deceased.
It has been alleged in the F.I.R that the deceased was being pressurized and tortured for bringing additional dowry. For the purposes of pacifying the family members of the deceased, the informant, who is father of the deceased had also given some signed blank cheques after taking an assurance from the other family members that his daughter would not be troubled in future for bringing any dowry. Later, the informant was communicated
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.57323 of 2017 (3) dt.21-12-2017 2/2 that the deceased has been killed. The dead body was found by the informant in the matrimonial home. During the course of investigation, it came to light that the petitioner had communicated to the local police station that about 3-4 miscreants had entered his house and had killed the deceased. However, it was further found out that the mother-in-law of the deceased had deliberately left for Bhagalpur along with her two grand-sons so that the act of murder is not witnessed by the children and others. It has also come to light during the investigation that an effort was made by the petitioner and other accused persons to give a colour of dacoity in the house and deliberately household articles were strewn all over. The investigation reports clearly indicate that the deceased was done to death.
For the aforesaid facts, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.
The prayer for bail of the petitioner is therefore rejected.
(Ashutosh Kumar, J) Shageer/- U T