Ranjit Singh @ Ranjit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.58401 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -271 Year- 2015 Thana -ARA NAWADA District- BHOJPUR ======================================================

1. Ranjit Singh @ Ranjit Kumar Son of Hira Singh Resident of Village - Pawana, P.O. & P.S.- Pawana, District - Bhojpur at Ara (Bihar) .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. U.L.Verma (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA MOHAN SHARMA ORAL ORDER 24-02-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. representing the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Ara Nawadah P.S. Case No. 271 of 2015 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304(B) of the Indian Penal Code. Seema Devi daughter of the informant, was married to petitioner in July 2013, but she was being assaulted for demanding money from maike resulting she was living in the house of the informant and the petitioner was also staying there. Taking advantage of the absence of the informant and his family members Seema Devi was burnt by the petitioner and he fled away. During treatment Seema Devi died.

Submission is of false implication and that the wife of the petitioner was not ready to live at the house of the

petitioner, she was living in the house of her parents where she was burnt, the petitioner was not there and he has been falsely implicated, independent witness Mohan Singh vide para 15 has stated regarding the innocence of the petitioner and further other witnesses Manoj Singh, Sakesh Kumar vide para 23, 24 of the case diary have also stated that they did not see the petitioner burning his wife and as such the petitioner who is suffering in custody since 17.8.2015 deserves sympathetic consideration. Learned A.P.P. submits that the petitioner is the husband.

In the facts and circumstances stated above, considering that the charge-sheet has already been submitted and there is no chance of tampering with prosecution evidence and as such the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on execution of bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Learned C.J.M., Bhojpur,at Ara, in connection with Ara (Nawadah) P.S. Case No. 271 of 2015, subject to the conditions that one of the bailors must be near relative and another having sufficient immovable property within the territorial jurisdiction of the court concerned and the petitioner shall remain present on each and every date during trial and the

default on two consecutive dates on his part without any reason shall disentitle the petitioner from privilege of bail. (Jitendra Mohan Sharma, J) siddharth/- U T