Ravi Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34553 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-176 Year-2014 Thana- SHERGHATI District- Gaya ====================================================== RAVI MANJHI Son of Late Raghu Manjhi @ Late Mahgu Manjhi Resident of village - Udanbigha, P.S. - Sherghati, Distt. - Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Vinod Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kanhaiya Kishore, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 24-06-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Sessions Trial No. 618 of 2022 arising out of Sherghati P.S. Case No.176 of 2014 dated 29.06.2014, instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323 of the Indian Penal Code and later on Section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code was added.

3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that informant's daughter (deceased) has been married to brother of the petitioner. On 26.06.2014 the informant got information that his daughter has been brutally tortured by her in-laws including petitioner due to which she sustained injury in her waist, belly other parts of her body and later on died.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34553 of 2023(2) dt.24-06-2023 2/2

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he is falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that petitioner is the Devar (Younger brother of the husband of the deceased). It is further submitted that the petitioner is living separately and has no concern with the family affairs of the husband of the deceased, daughter of the informant. Lastly, it has been submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 27.04.2022 having no criminal antecedents and charge-sheet has been submitted in the case.

5. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-V, Gaya in Sessions Trial No. 618 of 2022 arising out of Sherghati P.S. Case No.176 of 2014.

(Khatim Reza, J) sankalp/- U T