Ranjeet Pandit v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.48481 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -237 Year- 2015 Thana -KHAGARIA District- KHAGARIA ======================================================

1. RANJEET PANDIT, Son of Sri Suresh Pandit, resident of VillageKasimpura, P.S.- (Muffasil) Khagariya, District- Khagariya. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashutosh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Indra Kumar Singh (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA MOHAN SHARMA ORAL ORDER 01-02-2016 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned A.P.P for the State as also the learned counsel for the Informant.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case for the offences punishable under sections 302, 120 (B) and 34 of the I.P.C Premlata Devi was married to the petitioner 21-22 years ago and out of the wedlock there are two daughters and two sons but the petitioner used to torture and assault her and ultimately being in collusion and conspiracy with other co-accused killed her after assaulting brutally.

Submission is of false implication and that earlier there was cordial relation between the petitioner and his wife but his wife being instigated by her father started quarreling and she

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48481 of 2015 (5) dt.01-02-2016 2/2 also filed a case under section 498 A and other allied sections of the I.P.C and section 3⁄4 Dowry Prohibition Act, the petitioner was not present in the house at the time of occurrence and he is suffering in custody since 16.04.2015 and as such he deserves sympathetic consideration, to which the learned A.P.P. duly assisted by the learned counsel for the informant opposes prayer for bail by submitting that the daughter of the petitioner vide paragraph- 12 of the case diary being an eye witness has supported the prosecution version and the postmortem report also supports the prosecution version.

In the facts and circumstances as stated above, considering the allegation attributed against the petitioner, serious in nature, this Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail and accordingly his such prayer stands rejected in connection with Khagaria (Muffasil) P.S. Case No. 237 of 2015 pending in the court of C.J.M. Khagaria.

However, considering detention of the petitioner let the trial be expedited.

(Jitendra Mohan Sharma, J) Abhay/- U T