Gulab Khan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60992 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-15 Year-2024 Thana- MANIGACHI District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Gulab Khan Son Of Late Abdul Salman Khan Resident Of Village - Paithan Kabui, P.S. - Manigachi (Nehra O.P.), District - Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner/S
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The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Vaishnavi Singh, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Matloob Rab, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 20-09-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned APP for the State.
2. In this case, the petitioner is seeking regular bail in connection with Manigachi (Nehra O.P.) P.S. Case No. 15 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304(B) and 120(B) of the IPC.
3. The father of the deceased is the informant of this case. He lodged an FIR stating therein that his daughter Jamima Praween was married to the Imran Khan @ Salim on 15.05.2022. After marriage, the accused persons started inflicting atrocities on the deceased for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry of Rs. 5 lakhs. On 19.01.2024, he got an information that his daughter was ill and his grand-daughter was
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60992 of 2024(3) dt.20-09-2024 2/3 crying. On that information, he rushed to the matrimonial house of his daughter and found her dead body. He noticed black mark on the neck of the deceased.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is father-in-law of the deceased, having no concern with day-to-day affairs of the couple. The petitioner is residing separately from husband of the deceased. He submitted that the husband of the deceased is languishing in judicial custody. Moreover, the other co-accused who is motherin-law of the deceased, has already been granted bail by this Bench vide order dated 14.08.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 55395 of 2024. The petitioner is a person of clean antecedent and he is in custody since 21.01.2024.
5. On the other hand, the learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail.
6. Considering the above-mentioned facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above-named be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-VIII, Darbhanga in connection with Manigachi (Nehra O.P.) P.S. Case No. 15 of 2024, subject to the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60992 of 2024(3) dt.20-09-2024 3/3 following condition:- (i) The petitioner shall co-operate in the disposal of trial and make himself available as and when required by the Court.
(Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) Arish/- U T