Ramnarayan Rai @ Ramnarayan Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71652 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-201 Year-2024 Thana- SUGAULI District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ramnarayan Rai @ Ramnarayan Yadav S/o Brahmdeo Rai R/o VillagePachbhidwa, Panjiarwa, P.S.- Sugauli, District- East Champaran, Motihari ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Narendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-11-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sugauli P.S. Case No. 201 of 2024 dated 01.05.2024 registered for the offences punishable u/ss 304B, 201 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner along with co-accused persons is alleged to have committed murder of the informant's daughter due to non-fulfillment of demand of Rs. 5,00,000/- as dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. The petitioner is father-in-law of the deceased and he

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.71652 of 2024(3) dt.13-11-2024 2/2 has no concerned with the alleged occurrence. The petitioner never demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. The husband of the deceased is already in custody. Similar situated co-accused person has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 10.09.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 61107 of 2024. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 11.08.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the nature of allegation levelled against the petitioner as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Sugauli P.S. Case No. 201 of 2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Jyoti/- U T