Gorakh Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25592 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-49 Year-2019 Thana- KURTHA District- Jehanabad ====================================================== GORAKH RAM, Son of Late Dukhit Ram, Resident of Village - Nighwan, P.S. - Kurtha, (Manikpur), District - Arwal.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shivendra Prasad, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Md. Matoob Rab, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 30-09-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual court proceedings. Since the physical court proceeding is non-functional, due to present pandemic, COVID-19, the matter is listed with defects.

Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to remove the defects as pointed out by the office within three weeks of normal functioning of the court, failing which the office is directed to place the matter before the Bench. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 304 (B), 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The prosecution case as per report of informant Satyendra Ram in brief is that he solemnized the marriage of his

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25592 of 2020(2) dt.30-09-2020 2/2 daughter Sushsma Kumari with Dhananjay Ram on 10.04.2018 with Hindu rites and ritual. Suddenly, on 02.04.2019 he received a phone that Sushama Kumari had been killed by this petitioner and her husband and they cremated her and killed his daughter for dowry.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is father-in-law of the deceased. There is no specific allegation against him. The petitioner is in custody since 25.09.2019 and has got no criminal antecedent which is mentioned in para 3 of the bail petition. He further submits that the husband of the deceased has already in jail custody. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Jehanabad, in connection with S.Tr. No. 49/2020/13/2020 arising out of Kurtha (Manikpur O.P.) P.S. Case No. 49 of 2019.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) amitkumar/- U T