Manu Soni @ Monu Soni @ Monu @ Sonu Seth @ Monu Soni Seth v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34677 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-98 Year-2022 Thana- BADHAILA District- Rohtas ====================================================== Manu Soni @ Monu Soni @ Monu @ Sonu Seth @ Monu Soni Seth Son of Ramlakhan Seth Resident of Village - Parariya, P.S.- Baghaila, District - Rohtas, Sasaram.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Dhaneshwar Prasad Gupta For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ganesh Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 07-08-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of regular bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 498A, 304(B), 504, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Prosecution case relates to commission of murder of the informant's daughter due to non-fulfillment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner is the husband of the deceased and he has been falsely implicated in this case. There is no prior complain of ill treatment, misbehave and torture against the petitioner. He never demanded anything from the deceased. The deceased committed suicide herself. It is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34677 of 2023(3) dt.07-08-2023 2/2 also submitted that in postmortem report, doctor opined that cause of death is asphyxia caused by complete hanging. During investigation, the fact has also come into light in para-38 of the case diary that petitioner is not present at the time and place of occurrence. A statement has been made in para 3 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. It is further submitted that petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 21.01.2023. Learned APP appearing for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for Bail.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case as well as period of custody, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with Baghaila P.S. Case No.98 of 2022 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-IV, Sasaram, Rohtas. (Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) lata/- U T