Abdul Haque v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2300 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-169 Year-2019 Thana- PIPRAHI District- Sheohar ====================================================== 1.

ABDUL HAQUE SON OF LATE WAZUD HAQUE Resident of Village - Basahiya Shaikh, P.S.- Piprahi, Distt.- Sheohar. 2.

Karima Khatun W/o Abdul Haque Resident of Village - Basahiya Shaikh, P.S.- Piprahi, Distt.- Sheohar.

... ... Petitioners.

Versus

The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sunil Prasad Singh, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Pawan Kumar Chaurasia, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 28-06-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State through virtual Court proceedings. The petitioners seek bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 304B, 498A, 307, 504 & 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Thereafter, charge sheet has been submitted under Section 302 IPC. The petitioners in association of other co-accused is said to have assaulted the informant and pouring kerosene oil set ablaze her.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that no such occurrence as alleged ever took place. They are quite innocent and have been falsely implicated in this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2300 of 2021(6) dt.28-06-2021 2/2 case as they are in-laws of the deceased. The petitioner no.1 is the father-in-law and petitioner no.2 is the mother-in-law of the deceased. They were living separately from their son. The allegation levelled against the petitioners is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. The husband of the deceased has already been enlarged on bail by the learned Court below. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent and have been languishing in custody since 13.09.2020.

Learned APP for the State vehemently opposing the bail petition submitted that the petitioners have played active role in killing their daughter-in-law. Hence, they do not deserve bail.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the materials available on record, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioners on bail. Their prayer for bail is hereby rejected. However, the learned Trial Court is directed to expedite the trial.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Trivedi/- U T