Ramchandra Pandit v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28559 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-149 Year-2019 Thana- DUMARIAGHAT District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ramchandra Pandit, aged about 70 years (M) son of Late Kishun Pandit, resident of Village- Hussaini, P.S.- Dumariyaghat, District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Abhishek Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 18-01-2021 Heard Mr. Abhishek Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, learned counsel appearing for the State.

Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Dumariyaghat P.S. Case No. 149 of 2019 registered for the offence under Section 302, 201 of the I.P.C.

The allegation as per the First Information Report is that the daughter of the informant was married to the co-accused Meghnath Pandit about 10 years back and after marriage the petitioner and his family members started demanding motorcycle and due to non -fulfillment of the demand, the petitioner and his family members tortured the daughter of the informant and killed her and threw the dead body in river.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28559 of 2020(3) dt.18-01-2021 2/3 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has not committed any offence in the manner alleged and he has falsely been implicated in this case merely on the basis of the fact that he happens to be the father- in- law of the deceased. Learned counsel further submits that the husband of the deceased is in custody and the mother -in- law of the deceased namely, Lagni Devi has been granted bail by this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 884 of 2020. Learned counsel further submits that during the course of investigation no cogent material has come against the petitioner connecting him with the present offence. Learned counsel next submits that petitioner is in custody since 31.05.2020 and charge sheet has already been submitted in this case and there is no likelihood that the petitioner will abscond or tamper with the evidence, if released on bail.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the materials available on record , the fact that petitioner is in custody since 31.05.2020, there is no possibility that the petitioner will abscond or tamper with the evidence and the mother-in-law of the deceased has already been granted bail by this Court, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28559 of 2020(3) dt.18-01-2021 3/3 Accordingly, let the petitioner, above named, be released on regular bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Dumariyaghat P.S. Case No. 149 of 2019.

It is made clear that at the time of furnishing bail bond all the parties shall follow the guidelines regarding social distancing.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) praful/- U T