Mani Bhushan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53168 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-183 Year-2024 Thana- GHORASAHAN District- East Champaran ====================================================== Mani Bhushan Kumar Son of Birendra Prasad Gupta @ Virendra Sah R/O Vill.- Purnahiya, P.S.- Ghorasahan, Dist.- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Abhishek Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Rina Sinha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 25-10-2024 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Ghorasahan PS Case No. 183 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that on 9-4-2024 at about 12 hours, all the accused persons named in the FIR, including the petitioner killed her daughter strangulating her. It is also alleged that accused persons including the petitioner used to commit cruelty with her daughter for nonfulfillment of demand of dowry. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner being husband has been falsely implicated in the instant

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53168 of 2024(3) dt.25-10-2024 2/2 case and even the allegation in the FIR appears to be vague and cryptic. It is next submitted that the informant is not an eyewitness to the occurrence and the entire allegation hinges around suspicion. It is also submitted that deceased committed suicide. 5.

Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that petitioner is the husband and the presumption in law is also against him. It is further submitted that even if the deceased committed suicide, it was the petitioner, who made the condition conducive for the deceased to take this extreme steps of ending her life.

6.

Considering the submissions made by the learned APP, the Court is not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. 7.

Accordingly, the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner is rejected.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) SUMIT/- U T