Md. Hadish v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28911 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-331 Year-2017 Thana- VAISHALI District- Vaishali ====================================================== MD. HADISH Son of Late Abdul Mazid Resident of Village - Repura, P.S.- Vaishali, District - Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Ms. Punam Srivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 28-01-2022 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 section 304B of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, the daughter of the informant who was married to the son of the petitioner was done to death by the petitioner by strangulating her with a rope. The marriage had taken place five months ago.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is a 73 year old father-in-law of the deceased. The allegations in the FIR are false and concocted. The husband has not been made an accused. The petitioner is in custody since 22.2.2020.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28911 of 2021(4) dt.28-01-2022 2/2 The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that it was the petitioner who was living with his daughter-in-law and the husband of the deceased was working elsewhere. The petitioner was regularly torturing her.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the facts of the case together with the material that has transpired in course of investigation, the Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail and the application is rejected.

Learned Court below is directed to expedite the trial. (Partha Sarthy, J) Prakash/- U