Rajkishore Sharma v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38065 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-207 Year-2023 Thana- BHITAHA District- West Champaran ====================================================== Rajkishore Sharma Son of Late Kalpa Nath Sharma Resident of village - Rupahi Tand, Police Station - Bhitaha, District - West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dhananjay Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Pranav Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR ORAL ORDER 21-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. Perused the case diary.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Bhitaha P.S. Case No. 207 of 2023 registered for the offence under sections 304(B)/34 of Indian Penal Code.

3. Prosecution case, in short, is that in the written application of the informant namely Ranjit Kumar, S.I. of Bhitaha Police Station is that he is the I.O. of V.D. Case No. 01 of 2022 registered in Bhitaha Police Station in connection of death of deceased Chandani Devi who is the wife of the petitioner cause of death of deceased Chandani Devi is asphyxia due to manual throttling as per the postmortem report. In the restatement of the informant of U.D. Case, the informant also stated that Chandani Devi was killed by the petitioner and his

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38065 of 2026(3) dt.21-07-2026 2/2 family members for dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. The counsel for the petitioner also submitted that the deceased had committed suicide because she was short-tampered. The counsel also submitted that charge sheet has been submitted in this case and the petitioner is in custody since 28.03.2026.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Having heard the parties and perused the postmortem report, the postmortem report indicates that the cause of the death of the deceased is asphyxia due to manual throttling. I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage.

7. Accordingly, the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner is, hereby rejected.

8. Learned Trial Court is directed to expedite the trial. (Alok Kumar, J) Anand/- U T