Vijay Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17962 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-132 Year-2020 Thana- DIGHWARA District- Saran ====================================================== VIJAY RAI Son of Jai Ram Rai Resident of Village - Unahachak, P.S.- Dighwara, District - Saran at Chapra.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Atul Shankar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anil Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 12-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case instituted for the offence under Sections 302, 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The allegation against the petitioner along with others is of killing the daughter of the informant and disposed off the dead body. During investigation, the dead body was recovered in the stage of decomposition and was identified by the informant.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case due to dirty village politics. He has committed no offence. He submitted that the petitioner is the Devar of the deceased. Petitioner has no concern with the deceased as well as her

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17962 of 2023(2) dt.12-05-2023 2/2 husband and also he lives separately from them. There is no specific allegation of assaulting against the petitioner rather general and omnibus allegation levelled against him. He further submitted that the other co-accused has already been granted bail by a Co-ordinate Bench vide order dated 06.08.2021 passed in Cr. Misc No. 19984 of 2021 and the case of this petitioner stands on better footing. He is languishing in judicial custody since 03.04.2022.

The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.D.J.- 12 Saran at Chapra in connection with Dighwara P.S. Case No. 132 of 2020.

(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) arish/- U T