Krishna Sah @ Hare Krishna Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5395 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-218 Year-2020 Thana- KATEYA District- Gopalganj ====================================================== KRISHNA SAH @ HARE KRISHNA SAH Son of Late Ramnarayan Sah Resident of Village - Korigawa (Karakataha), Police Station - Kateya, District - Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Lokesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Sucheta Yadav, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 05-04-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State through video conferencing.

The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of regular bail in connection with Kateya P.S. Case no. 218/2020 registered under sections 304B, 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per allegation in the first information report, the daughter of the informant was burnt to death by the accused persons for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry to the tune of Rs. 5 lacs and a gold chain.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the allegations as levelled against the petitioner in the first information report are false and concocted. The husband and the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5395 of 2021(2) dt.05-04-2021 2/2 father-in-law of the deceased are in custody. The petitioner happens to be the Phupha of the husband of the deceased and has been falsely implicated in the case only for the reason that he was one of the mediators in the marriage. The petitioner had no concern with the family affairs of the deceased and lives in a separate village more than 15 kilometers away. He is in custody since 13.7.2020.

The application for bail is opposed by learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the submissions made on behalf of the petitioner together with the relationship of the petitioner with the deceased, the Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with Kateya P.S. Case no. 218/2020, Trial no. 1581 of 2020 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj. (Partha Sarthy, J) Spd/- U T