Krishna Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19132 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2017 Thana- KOTWA District- East Champaran ====================================================== KRISHNA SAH S/o Bhuna Sah @ Bhunna Sah Resident of Village-Bhajhiya Khurd, P.S-Kotwa (Bhopatpur O.P.), District-East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Umesh Chandra Verma, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Pranav Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 05-10-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State, through video conferencing. The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of regular bail in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No. 156 of 2017 registered under sections 304B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. As per allegation in the FIR, the daughter of the informant was married to the petitioner in the year 2013. It is stated that the accused persons including the petitioner herein continue to make demand of money by way of dowry. It is stated that in the evening of 18.8.2017, he received information that his daughter had been burnt by the accused persons including the petitioner herein.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19132 of 2020(6) dt.05-10-2020 2/2 that petitioner happens to be the husband of the deceased. The death took place as a result of burn injury caused in an accident while the deceased was cooking food. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he is in custody since 16.11.2019. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

Case diary had been called for and the same has been received.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and on going through the allegations as levelled in the FIR together with the contents of the postmortem report which contains the cause of death as neurogenic shock as a result of burn injury, the Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The application stands rejected.

The learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial. (Partha Sarthy, J) sushma/- U T