Jeetendra Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.20565 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -164 Year- 2015 Thana -GURUA District- GAYA ====================================================== Jeetendra Yadav son of Devki Yadav, resident of Village- Patuha Chak, P.S.- Gurua, distt- Gaya.
.... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. S. Jamil Akhtar, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md.Fahimuddin(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-08-2016 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the victim is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 304B and 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
The basic accusation is of killing the sister of the informant after six years of the marriage for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand.
It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the marriage was performed ten years prior to the lodging of the case and the informant has retracted from his initial version and filed a petition to that effect before the learned court below, the same has been brought on record as Annexure-2.
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20565 of 2016 (3) dt.04-08-2016 2/2 Mr. J.N. Thakur, learned counsel for the State, after going through the case diary, suggests that witnesses have supported the prosecution case.
Considering the nature of accusation, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Let the learned court below consider the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner if he surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Gurua P.S. Case No. 164 of 2015 pending in the court of learned JM, 1st Class, Sherghati, Gaya. Accordingly, the application is disposed of.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Amrendra/- U T