Brij Mohan Prasad @ Braj Mohan Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.20377 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-307 Year-2016 Thana- DHAKA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Brij Mohan Prasad @ Braj Mohan Prasad S/o Binda Sah, R/o VillageGarahiya, P.S.- Dhaka (Pachpakari), District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sir Pramod Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 06-04-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State.

Petitioner, already in custody, seeks bail in connection with Dhaka (Pachpakari) P.S. Case No.307 of 2016, giving rise to Sessions Trial No.1149 of 2017, registered under Sections 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Allegation in brief is that within eight months of marriage and within five days after going to the in-laws place, the daughter of the informant was done to death by setting fire on her body Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it was an accidental death; whereas the learned counsel for the State submits that in such a short period of marriage the daughter of the informant was burnt to death for realizing further dowry and

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20377 of 2018(2) dt.06-04-2018 2/2 the trial is in progress.

Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the prayer of the bail of the petitioner is rejected in connection with Dhaka (Pachpakari) P.S. Case No.307 of 2016, giving rise to Sessions Trial No.1149 of 2017 pending in the court of learned 13th Additional Sessions Judge, Motihari, East Champaran with a direction to the trial court to expedite the trial and preferably conclude the same within a year. (Arun Kumar, J) S.KUMAR/- U T