Niraj Kishore Singh @ Niraj Kumar @ Pankaj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.14602 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-21 Year-2017 Thana- BIDUPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Niraj Kishore Singh @ Niraj Kumar @ Pankaj Kumar, S/o Shyam Kishore Singh, resident of Village- Fulpura, P.S.- Bidupur, District- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rina Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. AMITESH KUMAR ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-03-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 323, 341, 326, 307, 498A/120B of the Indian Penal Code in which Section 304B IPC was added later. Allegation against the petitioner is of committing torture, assault and thereafter committed murder of the deceased due to non-fulfilment of demand of dowry.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner happens to be elder brother-in-law of the deceased. He is separate in mess and property with the husband of the deceased. The petitioner has falsely been

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14602 of 2018(2) dt.15-03-2018 2/2 implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the Complaint Case/F.I.R. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M. XIV, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Bidupur P.S. Case No. 21/2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T