Raja Ram Singh @ Ram Raj Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24575 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-321 Year-2022 Thana- BHORE District- Gopalganj ====================================================== RAJA RAM SINGH @ RAM RAJ SINGH S/O BASHISHTH SINGH R/O VILLAGE- EMILIYA, P.S- BHORE, DISTT.- GOPALGANJ. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Manoj Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 16-08-2023 Heard the parties.

The petitioner is in judicial custody in connection with Bhorey P.S. Case No.321 of 2022 instituted under Sections 304(b) and 302/34 of the IPC lodged on 08.07.2022 by the informant Raja Kushwaha.

As per the prosecution story, the allegation is that the lady was married to the petitioner in 2017 but was always tortured for dowry and on 07.07.2022, he got information about her death/killing. Accordingly, the FIR.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that from the postmortem report, it is not clear whether it is a case of suicide or she was strangulated to death. He has remained in custody since 28.07.2022.

Learned APP on the other hand submits that as per the postmortem report, the death is due to strangulation. Further, the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24575 of 2023(3) dt.16-08-2023 2/2 demand of dowry is there in the FIR and the death has occurred within seven years of marriage. He as such has opposed the prayer.

Considering the submissions put forward by the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State and after perusing the case diary in which the Dy.S.P. in his supervision note found the case against the petitioner to be true, for the present this Court is not inclined to extend him privilege of bail which is accordingly rejected.

In view of the fact that the petitioner is in custody, the Trial court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same preferably within a period of nine months. (Rajiv Roy, J) Prakash Narayan /- U T