Vikash Kumar @ Vikash Mandal @ Vikash Kumar Mandal v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59636 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-227 Year-2024 Thana- PIPRA District- Supaul ====================================================== Vikash Kumar @ Vikash Mandal @ Vikash Kumar Mandal S/O Bechan Mandal R/O Village- Thumha, Ward No. 09, P.S- Pipra, Distt.- Supaul. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Murari Narain Chaudhary For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ram Bilash Roy Raman ====================================================== 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 Pipra P.S. Case No. 227 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable u/s 103, 80, 61(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have strangulated the informant's daughter to death due to non-fulfillment of demand of Rs. 5,00,000/-, fridge and motorcycle as dowry under conspiracy.

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. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59636 of 2025(2) dt.27-08-2025 2/2 informant's daughter. It is further submitted that there is no eye witness of the said incident. The petitioner has clean criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 16.12.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail and has submitted that the petitioner is the husband of the deceased and all the named accused persons including the petitioner are alleged to have killed the daughter of the informant, hence, he does not deserve the liberty of bail.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the grievous and heinous nature of allegation against the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner and the same is rejected in connection with Pipra P.S. Case No. 227 of 2024 pending in the court of learned District and Additional Sessions Judge-VIII, Supaul.

7. The application stands rejected.

8. The learned trial court is further directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same at the earliest. (Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Jyoti/- U T