Ranjeet Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.31544 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -317 Year- 2012 Thana -DALSINGHSARAI District- SAMASTIPUR ====================================================== Ranjeet Ram .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Lovekush Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03-08-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State.

The petitioner being husband of the victim is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under sections 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The accusation is of killing the sister of the informant for non fulfillment of dowry demands. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that as per own admission of the informant in the FIR the marriage was performed eight years prior to the death of the victim, hence the case does not come under the purview of section 304B IPC. More over, the informant has retracted from the initial version by filing a petition before learned court below to the effect that actually the victim committed suicide.

The aforesaid facts constitute ground for

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31544 of 2015 (2) dt.03-08-2015 2/2 consideration of the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner by the learned court below in case the petitioner surrenders within six weeks from today in connection with Dalsinghsarai P.S. Case No. 317 of 2012 pending in the court of learned ACJM, Dalsinghsarai. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction.

(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Anil/- U T