Sagar Pandit v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38994 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-22 Year-2023 Thana- CHANDRAMANDI District- Jamui ====================================================== Sagar Pandit S/O Karu Pandit Resident of Village- Dhosa, P.S.- Chandramandih, District- Jamui ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Akhauri Kamal Kishore Sahay, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh, APP For the Informant/s :
Ms. Moni Kumari, Adv.
Mr. Shwetank, Adv.
Mr. Satish Kumar Sinha, Adv.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 14-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the informant and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Chandramandih P.S. Case No. 22 of 2023 dated 06.02.2023 registered for the offences punishable u/s 304B read with Section 34 of the I.P.C. & u/s 3⁄4 of the Dowry Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have strangulated the informant's daughter to death due to non-fulfillment of demand of a motorcycle and gold ornaments as dowry.
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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner, who is husband of the deceased. It is a case of suicide. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased and has not participated in the alleged occurrence rather the deceased committed suicide by hanging herself with saree tied with fan. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody in this case since 03.03.2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant have vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner by submitting that the petitioner is the husband of the deceased who committed murder due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. Earlier the regular bail application of the petitioner was rejected by this Court vide order dated 04.10.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 62805 of 2024.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the heinous nature of offence against the petitioner, this court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner and the same is rejected in connection with Chandramandih P.S. Case No. 22 of 2023, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M.,
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7. The application stands rejected.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T