Patna High Court/46660/2021dismissed

Dinesh Prasad Azad v. The State Of Bihar

2021-12-08Mr. Justice Sudhir Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.46660 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-169 Year-2017 Thana- ISHAKCHAK District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Dinesh Prasad Azad S/O Faujdari Rajak @ Faudari Rajak R/O VillageGanganagar, Gali No. 5, P.S-Kahalgaon, District-Bhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Chandra Shekhar Anand For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shantanu Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-12-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defects, as pointed out by the Office, within a period of eight weeks.

The petitioner seeks bail in Ishakchak P.S. Case No. 169 of 2017 instituted for the offences under Sections 498(A), 304(B) and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.

The earlier bail applications of the petitioner were rejected vide Annexure-1 series to the present application taking into account that the petitioner is husband of the deceased and the onus is upon him to explain the cause of death of his wife. A report was called for from the Trial Court. It has been reported that the statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C. has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46660 of 2021(3) dt.08-12-2021 2/2 already been recorded and the trial is likely to be concluded within a period of four months.

On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R.

Considering the nature of accusation and the stage of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. The same is rejected. The Trial Court is directed to take all necessary steps to conclude the trial at earliest preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T