Satish Patel v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.55069 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -196 Year- 2011 Thana -BAIRIYA DistrictWESTCHAMPARAN(BETTIAH) ====================================================== Satish Patel Son of Chanu Patel Resident of Village : Bhitaha Mathia, P.S. Bairiya, District : West Champaran.
.... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar.
.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Indra Kumar Singh (APP) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER 03-02-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State.
Petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Bairiya P.S. Case No. 196 of 2011 for the offence punishable under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
As per the prosecution case, informant solemnized the marriage of his sister, Mainka Devi with Dinesh Patel seven years earlier according to Hindu customs and rituals. Informant gave one she-buffalo to the accused persons as dowry, which the accused persons wanted to sell, but on protest made by his sister, Mainka Devi, she-buffalo could not be sold. On 07.11.2011 at about 12 Noon, accused persons, namely, Dinesh Patel, Satish Patel and wife of Satish Patel sprinkled kerosene oil on the body
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.55069 of 2015 (3) dt.03-02-2016 2/2 of his sister and set her on fire. On the information given by the co-villagers of the accused persons, informant along with his family members came to the matrimonial home of his sister and brought her to M.J.K. Hospital, Bettiah for treatment where she succumbed to the injuries.
It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he is brother-in-law (Devar) of the victim girl Mainka Devi. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. submits that petitioner has been named in the First Information Report. Under such circumstances, since the petitioner is named in the First Information Report and the allegations are serious in nature, I am not inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. This application is, accordingly, rejected. (Nilu Agrawal, J.) Arjun/- U T