Amrudin Devan @ Amardin Devan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25288 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-52 Year-2018 Thana- PURUSHOTTAMPUR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Amrudin Devan @ Amardin Devan Son of Late Gaffar Devan Resident of Village- Parsa, P.S.- Pursottampur, District- West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Satyavrat Verma For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH CHANDRA JAISWAL ORAL ORDER 19-04-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Pursottampur P.S. Case no. 52 of 2018 registered under Sections 304(B), 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Petitioner along with other accused persons are said to have demanded dowry and committed dowry death of daughter of the informant by thrashing and strangulating her neck. The informant witnessed her nose bleeding, cut injury on her lips and injuries on several part of her person. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner happens to be father-in-law of the deceased. He has no concern with the aforesaid occurrence. He has been living separately. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is not specific rather general and omnibus. He has neither made any demand nor ever subjected the deceased to torture nor

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25288 of 2019(2) dt.19-04-2019 2/2 committed her murder rather the deceased died due to natural death. Though as per the FIR, the victim was assaulted by the accused persons and she was having several injuries on her persons, but doctor conducting autopsy of the cadaver of the deceased has not found any external injury on the person of the deceased as ante mortem injury. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

On the other hand, learned counsel for the informant and learned APP opposed the bail prayer of the petitioner.

In the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M. 1st Class, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Pursottampur P.S. Case no. 52 of 2018, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438

(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Prakash Chandra Jaiswal, J) rohit/- U T