Shravan Kumar @ Shravan Kumar Verma v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66230 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-531 Year-2021 Thana- SIKARPUR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Shravan Kumar @ Shravan Kumar Verma Son Of Dhurendra Prasad Resident Of Village- Bahuarwa, Ps- Shikarpur, Distt- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Anant Kumar Mishra For the Opposite Party/s :
Mrs. Asha Devi ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 22-01-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in connection with Shikarpur P.S. Case No. 531 of 2021, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 304(B), 201, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per F.I.R., allegation against the petitioner and other co-accused persons that they killed daughter of informant on 09.10.2021 by pouring Kerosine on her.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent. He further submits that petitioner was also burnt by 30 percent while trying to save her wife mentioned in Para 14 of the bail application. He further
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66230 of 2023(3) dt.22-01-2024 2/2 submits that in the entire case diary in Paras 41 and 44, the witnesses have also not supported the prosecution case.
5. Learned APP has opposed the prayer for bail by submitting that petitioner is the husband of the deceased and being the husband of the deceased, it was his duty to ensure the dignity and safety of his wife at her matrimonial house.
6. Considering the aforesaid submission of the parties and also the nature of offence, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
7. Hence, his prayer for anticipatory bail stands rejected.
8. However, if the petitioner surrenders before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today and seeks regular bail, the learned Court below would pass the order, preferably, on the same day, without being prejudiced by this order.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Ranjeet/- U T