Patna High CourtCR. MISC./31470/2016bail granted

Md. Meraj Ali @ Meraj Ali v. The State Of Bihar

2016-09-21Mr. Justice Sudhir Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.31470 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -95 Year- 2016 Thana -GARKHA District- SARAN ======================================================

1. Md. Meraj Ali @ Meraj Ali S/o Late Asghar Ali resident of VillageNarayanpur Safi Tola, P.S.- Garkha, District- Saran at Chapra. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dewendra Narayan Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Smt. Asha Kumari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 21-09-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is in custody in a case registered under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The prosecution case, in short, is that on 21.03.2016 at about 2.47 P.M. informant Imran Khan received information on his mobile that his sister Sufia Khatoon @ Munni Khatoon has been killed and on this information he along with others went at the Sasural of his sister where they saw the dead body of his sister lying on the cot .The informant enquired about the matter and he came to know that his sister has been murdered by this petitioner and co-accused Md.Amjad Ali with sharp cutting weapon by penetrating in her neck.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31470 of 2016 (3) dt.21-09-2016 2/2 the petitioner is in custody since 18.06.2016. Charge sheet has been submitted in the present case. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has been named in the FIR merely on the basis of suspicion. There is no eye witness to the alleged occurrence nor there is any circumstantial evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in the present case. The petitioner happens to be the brother of the husband of the deceased. He is separate in mess and property from the husband of the deceased. No motive has been alleged against the petitioner.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let, above named petitioner, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Saran at Chapra in connection with Garkha P.S.Case No.95 of 2016.

(Sudhir Singh, J) singh/- U