Ravi Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.44561 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -164 Year- 2014 Thana -MITHANPURA District- MUZAFFARPUR ====================================================== Ravi Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pancham Lal Jaiswal For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Awadhesh Kr.Singh(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-09-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the victim is apprehending arrest in a case initially registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A and 307/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act but subsequently Section 304B of the IPC was also added. The accusation is of causing burnt injury to the daughter of the informant after two years of the marriage for nonfulfillment of the dowry demand, subsequently the victim succumbed to the injuries.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the victim received accidental burnt injury and she was provided medical assistance also.

Considering the nature of accusation, this Court is not

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44561 of 2015 (2) dt.18-09-2015 2/2 inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the same is rejected in connection with Mithanpura P.S. Case no. 164 of 2014 pending in the court of learned SDJM, East Muzaffarpur.

(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Amrendra/- U T