Raghunath Sahni v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66144 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-118 Year-2024 Thana- MUSAHARI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Raghunath Sahni S/o Late Anandi Sahni R/o Village- Rajwara Bhagwan, P.S.- Mushari, District- Muzaffarpur, Mobile No. 9931871454 ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar S.K., Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Brajendra Nath Pandey, APP For the informant :
Mr. Hari Kishore Thakur, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-10-2024 Heard Mr. Sanjay Kumar S.K, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner; Mr. Brajendra Nath Pandey, learned APP for the State and Mr. Hari Kishore Thakur, learned counsel for the informant.
2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Mushahri P.S. Case No. 118 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 376/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the informant has alleged that her daughter was married to one Suraj Kumar Sahni in the year 2020. She used to live alone at home and her husband used to work as a labour outside. Further allegation is that her father-in-law, Dilip Sahni and his father
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66144 of 2024(2) dt.01-10-2024 2/2 Raghunath Sahni (petitioner) raped and killed her daughter.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner is in custody since 08.06.2024.
5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant as well as learned APP appearing for the State opposes the bail prayer.
6. Considering the nature of allegation made in the FIR, as well as, the fact that for similar offence for having committing murder of his own daughter-in-law, the petitioner was earlier made accused in connection with Mushahri P.S. Case No.60/2000 under section 304(B)/34 of Indian Penal Code, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. Accordingly, the present bail application stands dismissed. (Purnendu Singh, J) Sanjay/- U T