Indrajeet Singh @ Inarjeet Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.29777 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -59 Year- 2013 Thana -CHIRAIYA DistrictEASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI) ====================================================== Indrajeet Singh @ Inarjeet Singh, Son of Ram Rekha Singh, resident of Village- Barka Shitalpatti, Police Station- Chiraiya, District- East Champaran.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Smt. Madhuri Lata, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-08-2017 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State.

The petitioner, being the husband of the daughter of the informant is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A and 304B of the Indian Penal Code.

The prosecution case is that the daughter of the informant namely, Rinki Devi, got married with the petitioner six years prior to the lodging of the case. There was a dowry demand of she-buffalo and a gold chain and due to nonfulfillment of the same, the torture was inflicted upon the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29777 of 2017 (3) dt.19-08-2017 2/3 daughter of the informant. The daughter of the informant was carrying pregnancy of four months but she was neither provided the adequate medical facilities nor food. On 13.09.2012, the informant came to know that his daughter has been killed. It is submitted by learned Counsel for the petitioner that the victim died due to acute abdominal pain and excess bleeding while returning from the hospital. There is nothing on record to suggest that she was being tortured and now the petitioner has got married with the younger sister of the victim. It is submitted by Mr. J. N. Thakur, learned APP for the State after going through the case diary that the post-mortem was not done and the dead body was disposed of without informing the police.

However, this is not in dispute that the death took place within seven years of marriage. Since the case was registered on 03.03.2013, whereas, the anticipatory bail application has been preferred on 30.06.2017, this Court is not inclined to consider the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. Let the learned Court below consider the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Chiraiya P.S. Case No59 of 2013, pending before the learned SDJM, Sikrahana at Dhaka, District- East Champaran.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29777 of 2017 (3) dt.19-08-2017 3/3 With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed of.

(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Ashwini/- U T