Rajeev Ranjan @ Dr. Rajeev Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23634 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-483 Year-2018 Thana- TURKAULIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== RAJEEV RANJAN @ Dr. Rajeev Ranjan Son of Nagina Ram, Resident of Village-Majurahan, P.S-Turkauliya (Raghunathpur O.P), District-East Champaran at Motihari.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ramakant Sharma, Sr. Advocate Mr. Dilip Kumar Roy For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shantanu Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 21-06-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted for the offences under Sections 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Allegation against the accused persons is of committing torture and thereafter caused death of the victim due to non-fulfilment of demand of dowry.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since 31.7.2018 and has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. Charge-sheet has been submitted in the present case. The petitioner has falsely been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23634 of 2019(4) dt.21-06-2019 2/2 implicated in the present case. Neither there is any substantive evidence to suggest his implication in the present case nor there is any witness to the alleged occurrence. The petitioner had taken the deceased for treatment to the hospital. On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/complaint case. The petitioner is the husband of the deceased. The onus is on him to explain the cause of death of the deceased.

Considering the nature of allegation, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Prayer is rejected. The Trial Court is directed to expedite the trial within a period of nine months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. (Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T