Jai Ram Kushwaha @ Jai Ram Bhagat v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.12666 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -244 Year- 2015 Thana -MAJHAHGARH District- GOPALGANJ ====================================================== Jai Ram Kushwaha @ Jai Ram Bhagat Son of Late Godhan Kushwaha @ Godhan Bhagat resident of village - Koini, P.S. Manjhagarh, District - Gopalganj .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Indrajeet Bhushan, Advocate. For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Madhuri Lata, APP. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 24-06-2016 Heard both sides.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case under Sections 304(B) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Mother of the deceased Manju Devi alleged that her daughter was married to Hiraman Kushwaha in the year 2011 but on 11.11.2015 Jai Ram Kushwaha (petitioner), Hari Shankar Kushwaha (elder brother-in-law), Rina Devi (sister-in-law) and the mother-in-law killed her daughter by burning her. It is submitted that the petitioner is brother-in-law of the deceased and he is working in the Army. He is living separately from his brother. True facts are that on the date of Dipawali the deceased accidentally got burn injury and died. It has come during the course of investigation that it was the petitioner who informed the informant about the accident. Moreover, the petitioner has no

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12666 of 2016 (3) dt.24-06-2016 2/2 manner of concern with the family affairs of the deceased and her husband. The deceased informed never complained about the illtreatment at the hands of her husband during the last four years after marriage.

Considering the facts aforesaid and the fact that the petitioner is the brother-in-law of the deceased, the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in Manjhagarh P.S. Case No. 244/2015, G.R. No. 3576/15, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Prabhat Kumar Jha, J) Dilip/- U T