Indradev Ram @ Inerdeo Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63035 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-540 Year-2019 Thana- KESARIA District- East Champaran ====================================================== INDRADEV RAM @ INERDEO RAM Son of Aklu Ram Resident of Village - Keseriya Tola, P.S.- Keseriya, Distt.- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

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THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Vijay Shankar Shrivastava, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ramchandra Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 13-05-2022 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in a case registered under sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, the daughter of the informant was married to the petitioner in the year 2002. It is stated that the petitioner and others started making demand of dowry by way of a motorcycle etc and on non-fulfillment of the same started to physically and mentally torture the informant's daughter. She was ultimately strangulated to death. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case only for the reason of his being the husband of the deceased. The relationship between the parties were cordial which is evident

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63035 of 2021(3) dt.13-05-2022 2/2 from paragraph nos. 11 and 12 of the case diary and they had three children. The allegations of demand of dowry etc are false and concocted. The petitioner is in custody since 21.11.2019 and there is no chance of the trial concluding in the near future. Heard learned APP for the State.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and on perusal of the material on record, it transpires from the postmortem report that the cause of death is asphyxia due to strangulation. Taking into consideration the allegations in the FIR, the relationship of the petitioner together with the contents of the postmortem report, the Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail and the application is rejected. Learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial. (Partha Sarthy, J) Prakash/- U