Pradeep Pandit @ Pradeep Kumar Padit v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49679 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-88 Year-2021 Thana- GAUNAHA District- West Champaran ====================================================== PRADEEP PANDIT @ PRADEEP KUMAR PADIT Son of Mahadeo Pandit Resident of Village - Prakash Nagar Ward No.- 13 Narkatiaganj, P.S.- Shikarpur, District - West Champaran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sachida Nand Rai For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Gauri Shankar Gupta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 05-07-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Gaunaha P.S. Case No.88 of 2021, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304(B) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The petitioner and his son are said to have killed the daughter of the informant for non-fulfillment of demand of additional dowry.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner is the father-in-law of the deceased and he has no manner of concern with the family affairs of his

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49679 of 2021(3) dt.05-07-2022 2/2 son and the deceased. It is further submitted that the husband is already in judicial custody. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph3 of the bail application. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Taking into consideration the fact that the husband is already in judicial custody, let petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class-cumMunsif, Bettiah, District West Champaran in connection with Gaunaha P.S. Case No.88 of 2021, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J.) Sanjay/- U T