Ramchandra Sahani v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74087 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-43 Year-2023 Thana- RUNISAIDPUR District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== 1.

RAMCHANDRA SAHANI S/o Late Jogi Sahani R/o village- Mananpur, Ward no.-9, P.S.- Runnareaidpur, District- Sitamarhi 2.

Puja Devi @ Pooja Devi @ Puja kumari D/o Ramchandra Sahani R/o village- Mananpur, Ward No.-9, P.S.- Runnareaidpur, District- Sitamarhi ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Alok Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Umanath Mishra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-12-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case in connection with Runnisaidpur P.S. Case No. 43 of 2023 dated 25.01.2023 registered for the offences punishable u/ss 302, 304B read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioners and the co-accused persons are alleged to have committed murder of the informant's daughter and threw her dead-body on the railway track due to non-fulfillment of demand of motorcycle as dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners have falsely been implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioners. The petitioners have neither demanded any dowry nor tortured

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74087 of 2023(2) dt.05-12-2023 2/2 the informant's daughter. The petitioners are made accused in this case only because of the petitioner no. 1 is the father-in-law and the petitioner no. 2 is the sister-in-law (nanad)of the deceased. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

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

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the allegation being general and omnibus against the petitioners, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned court concerned, Sitamarhi in connection with Runnisaidpur P.S. Case No. 43 of 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

7. This application stands allowed.

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