Sonu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.61809 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-9 Year-2020 Thana- BANGARA District- Samastipur ====================================================== Sonu Kumar S/O Ram Babu Das R/O Village-Chaktulshi, P.S-N. H. Bangra, District- Samastipur.

... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-03-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304-B, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 28.11.2020, he is a person with clean antecedent and charge-sheet has been submitted in this case.

The learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the informant alleges that he received telephonic information that his daughter Lalita Devi was assaulted and set ablaze by her husband and family members. Accordingly, he reached the place of occurrence where her daughter disclosed

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.61809 of 2021(2) dt.23-03-2022 2/3 that her husband had demanded Rs.50,000/- by way of dowry and thereafter, on the order of Urmila Devi (mother-in-law), poured kerosene oil and set her ablaze and when she tried to escape, the petitioner blocked her way and then she suffered burn injury, on account thereof, she died during the course of treatment.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated at the behest of the informant. It is submitted that husband is in custody and the petitioner is brother-in-law of the deceased and it absolutely does not stand to reason that if the deceased was set ablaze then the petitioner would have come in her way to stop her. It is submitted that if the deceased would have come in contact with the petitioner then he would also have been injured. The learned counsel further submits that the petitioner being family members of the husband of the deceased is being targeted by the informant.

Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application.

Considering the fact that the petitioner is in custody, he is a person with clean antecedent and charge-sheet has been submitted in this case and the husband is in custody, the petitioner, above-named, is directed to be released on bail on his

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.61809 of 2021(2) dt.23-03-2022 3/3 furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending in connection with Bangra P. S. Case No.09 of 2020. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T