Yogendra Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26625 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-290 Year-2018 Thana- DULHIN BAZAR District- Patna ====================================================== YOGENDRA MANJHI, aged about 24 years, Male, S/o- Jaglal Manjhi, R/OMokimpur, P.S.- Dulhin Bazar, Post- Singhra, District- Patna ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Rudra Deo, Adv.
For the Opposite Party :
Mr. Renu Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 08-08-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the state.
The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Dulhin Bazar P.S. Case No. 290 of 2018 (G.R. No. 4002 of 2018) for the offences alleged under Sections 304B, 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
The accusation is that the marriage of the daughter of the informant was performed before 20 years according to Hindu custom with Inder Manjhi, but, she was being tortured and assaulted. On 01.12.2018 Inder Manjhi, on phone, informed the maternal uncle of his daughter about illness of his daughter, Jyanti Devi, and carrying her for treatment to hospital at Naubatpur. When the informant and some other villagers came there, he found that his daughter has died. The Doctor disclosed that his daughter has died due to poisoning. The informant raised suspicion of administering poison to his daughter by his son-in-law, Inder Manjhi, brother-in-law,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26625 of 2019(4) dt.08-08-2019 2/2 Yogendra Manjhi (petitioner) and three unknown persons. The submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that admittedly brother-in-law of the daughter of the informant and he use to reside separately to Inder Manjhi, husband of the daughter of the informant, but, with ulterior motive he has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State opposes the prayer for pre-arrest bail.
Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of surrender/arrest, within a period of four weeks from today, in connection with Dulhin Bazar P.S. Case No. 290 of 2018 (G.R. No. 4002 of 2018) shall be released on pre-arrest bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, III, Danapur, Patna, or the successor Court subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Criminal Procedure Code.
(Rajendra Kumar Mishra, J) Shamshad/- U T