Arjun Sah @ Arjun Kumar @ Arjun Sahu v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29451 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-67 Year-2024 Thana- BIBHUTIPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== Arjun Sah @ Arjun Kumar @ Arjun Sahu S/o Jagdish Sah @ Jagdish Sahu R/o Vill.- Narhan Bibhutipur, P.S.- Bibhutipur, District- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shashank Shekhar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Mohammed Arif ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 14-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Bibhutipur P.S. Case No. 67 of 2024 dated 05.03.2024 registered for the offence/s punishable u/ss 302 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the coaccused persons are alleged to have used to torture the informant's daughter due to non-fulfillment of demand of a motorcycle and Rs. one lakh as dowry. It is further alleged that they got the loan of Rs. 2,50,000/- in the name of the deceased and to save themselves from liability of paying the said loan installments, they killed the informant's daughter under conspiracy.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29451 of 2025(2) dt.14-05-2025 2/2 the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is the husband of the deceased. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 23.09.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner by submitting the petitioner is the the husband of the deceased and he committed murder of the informant's daughter.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the heinous nature of allegation against the petitioner, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner stands rejected.

7. Learned trial court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same at the earliest.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T