Safi Ahmad @ Md. Safi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65230 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-85 Year-2024 Thana- SIMRI District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Safi Ahmad @ Md. Safi S/o Md. Jabbar @ Abdul Jabbar R/o Village - 39A, Zakaria Street, Chittranjan Avenue, P.S - Jorabagan, District - Kolkata, State - West Bengal Permanent resident of - Shobhan, P.S - Simri, District - Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shubham Sourav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs.Pushpa Sinha.1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 01-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The accused/petitioner seeks bail in connection with Simri P.S. Case No. 85 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304-B read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code (in short 'IPC').

3. The accused/petitioner is named in the FIR and is in custody since 24.06.2025.

4. Allegation against the petitioner is to cause death of daughter of the informant along with other co-accused persons/family members due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry as raised for cash of Rs. 5 lakhs and one motorcycle.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65230 of 2025(2) dt.01-11-2025 2/3 Petitioner is the father-in-law of the deceased.

5. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for the petitioner that the allegation qua raising demand of dowry is appearing very much general and omnibus against the petitioner, who is father-in-law. It is submitted that after investigation, the police submitted closure report against the petitioner, who was also present at the time of occurrence. It is submitted that the petitioner being in-laws was living separately with the deceased and her husband and not connected in any manner with their domestic affairs. It is pointed out that implication of petitioner is only out of relation as he was the father of the husband of the deceased.

6. While concluding argument, it is submitted that investigation of this case is already completed, for which, charge-sheet has been submitted and, as such, there is no chance of tampering with the evidence and moreover the petitioner is a man of clean antecedent.

7. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer of bail of the petitioner.

8. In view of aforesaid factual submissions and by

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65230 of 2025(2) dt.01-11-2025 3/3 taking note of fact as allegation qua raising demand of dowry prima facie appearing very much general and omnibus against the petitioner, who is father-in-law, coupled with the fact that investigation of this case is already completed, where petitioner remains in custody since 24.06.2025, accordingly, the petitioner, above-named, is directed to be released on bail furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga in connection with Simri P.S. Case No. 85 of 2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 437(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short 'CrPC')/under Section 480(3) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (for short 'BNSS'). (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) Rajeev/- U T