Patna High CourtCR. MISC./21218/2017dismissed

Deepak Kumar @ Deepak Rai v. The State Of Bihar

2017-06-30Mr. Justice Sanjay Priya2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.21218 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -29 Year- 2016 Thana -RAJAPAKAR District- VAISHALI (HAJIPUR) ====================================================== Deepak Kumar @ Deepak Rai, S/o Baijnath Rai, Resident of VillageRandaha, P.S. Rajapakar, District- Vaishali. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Kalyan Shankar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PRIYA ORAL ORDER 30-06-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks bail in Rajapakar P.S. Case No. 29 of 2016 instituted for the offence under Sections 304(B), 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The petitioner is the husband of the deceased. As per allegation in the written report the petitioner was married with the deceased just seven months prior to the occurrence. The allegation against the petitioner is that he committed physical and mental torture with the daughter of the informant and caused her death on account of non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. The accused persons got her dead body disappeared.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case,

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21218 of 2017 (3) dt.30-06-2017 2/2 this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage.

Prayer for bail of the petitioner stands rejected. It has been submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 17.11.2016.

In such circumstances, the court below is directed to expedite the trial and make efforts to conclude the same as early as possible preferably within a period of nine months. The petitioner is given liberty to renew his prayer for bail in the court below itself in the event the trial is not concluded within nine months and the court below in that case will give reason in the bail order for not concluding the trial within aforesaid period.

(Sanjay Priya, J) S.Ali/- U T