Dheeraj Sah @ Dhiraj Sah @ Dheeraj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.54718 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -53 Year- 2018 Thana -NAWANAGAR District- BUXAR ======================================================

1. Dheeraj Sah @ Dhiraj Sah @ Dheeraj Kumar son of Mr. Narendra Sah Resident of Village - Rupnagar, P.S. and P.O. Navanagar, District - Buxar. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vinod Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Satyendra Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PRIYA ORAL ORDER 06-11-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in Nawanagar P.S. Case No. 53/2018, instituted for the offences under Sections 326, 304(B) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Petitioner is husband of the deceased.

It is alleged in the written report that daughter of informant was married with this petitioner on 06.02.2018. After marriage, she was tortured for demand of dowry by this petitioner and his other family member. It is further alleged that the informant got information that his daughter has been killed by burn injuries. Husband of deceased informed him that his daughter is admitted in Maliyabagh Hospital. The informant

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.54718 of 2018 (3) dt.06-11-2018 2/2 reached at the aforesaid Hospital and found his daughter was not admitted in that Hospital. He got information that treatment of his daughter is going on by a village doctor, namely Suresh Prasad. This Court finds that daughter of informant died within two months of marriage by burn injury. The petitioner had given information that daughter of informant is admitted in Hospital Maliyabagh, but the informant did not find his daughter in the aforesaid Hospital.

In view of such, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. Accordingly, prayer for bail of petitioner is rejected.

Trial court is directed to expedite the trial and make all efforts to dispose of the same within nine months. Petitioner is given liberty to renew the prayer for bail in the event trial is not concluded within aforesaid period. (Sanjay Priya, J.) Rakhi U T