Braj Kishore Singh And ORS v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.1806 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -198 Year- 2016 Thana -SUGAULI District- EAST CHAMPARAN (MOTIHARI) ======================================================

1. Braj Kishore Singh, son of Late Horil Singh,

2. Rabindra Singh @ Rabindra Kumar Singh, son of Late Horil Singh,

3. Manoj Singh, son of Deo Sharan Singh, All are resident of Village- Madhopur, P.O. and P.S.- Majhoulia, DistrictEast Champaran. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pravin Kumar, Advocate. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Zainul Abedin, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PRIYA ORAL ORDER 01-03-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in Sugauli P.S. Case No. 198 of 2016 instituted for the offence under Sections 302, 201, 326, 365 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. There is allegation in the written report that petitioners along with other accused persons were burning the dead body of daughter of the informant. When the informant enquired from the petitioner No. 1, he abused her and on his order, the petitioner No. 3 and one Rameshwar Singh along with petitioner No. 1, brought her to the house of petitioner No. 1 after

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1806 of 2017 (3) dt.01-03-2017 2/2 tying her mouth and hands where she was kept confined. The accused persons assaulted her and used to give threat not to file the present case. The informant in the morning of 11.1.2016 any how managed to escape after untying herself and, thereafter, the case has been filed.

The CD has been received. The learned A.P.P. has submitted that the witnesses in paragraphs 2, 6, 7, 8, 19 and 27 have supported the case that the petitioners have committed marpit with the informant and her daughter on the ground that she had illicit relationship. Thereafter, she consumed poison. In such circumstances, this Court does not find it a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. The prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners stands rejected.

They may surrender before the court below and pray for regular bail which shall be disposed off by the court below on its own merit.

(Sanjay Priya, J) S.Ali/- U T