Patna High CourtCR. MISC./42508/2025bail rejected

Bikki Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2025-08-25Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42508 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-365 Year-2020 Thana- SAKRA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Bikki Kumar S/o Jagdish Mahto @ Jagdish Rai R/o Village- Makanpur Teknari East, P.S.- Patepur, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Mritunjay Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Vinod Shanker Modi ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-08-2025 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 Sakra P.S. Case No. 365 of 2020 dated 04.08.2020 registered for the offence/s punishable u/s 304B read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have killed the informant's daughter by drowning.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that 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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42508 of 2025(3) dt.25-08-2025 2/2 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 22.01.2025.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner by submitting that the petitioner has killed the informant's daughter within a period of 14 months from the date of her marriage.

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