Akash Kumar Pandit v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59623 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-289 Year-2022 Thana- DARAUNDA District- Siwan ====================================================== Akash Kumar Pandit S/o- Dilip Pandit @ Dilip Kumar Resident of vill- Dibbi Pakri PS- M.H.Nagar Dist- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Kumari Anupam, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-08-2025 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Darundha (M.H. Nagar) P.S. Case No. 289 of 2022 registered for the offences punishable u/s 304 B read with Secion 34 of the I.P.C. and Section 3⁄4 of the Dowry and Prohibition Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have tortured the informant's sister mentally and physically and killed her due to nonfulfillment of demand of Rs. 75,000/- as dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is the husband of the deceased. It is further submitted that the petitioner neither demanded any

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59623 of 2025(2) dt.27-08-2025 2/2 dowry nor tortured the informant's sister. It is further submitted that there is no eye witness of the said incident and out of 12 charge-sheeted witnesses, five witnesses have been examined but they have not mentioned anything against the petitioner. The petitioner has clean criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 04.09.2023.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Siwan, in connection with Darundha (M.H. Nagar) P.S. Case No. 289 of 2022, with a condition/s:- (i). The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Jyoti/- U T