Prabhat Ranjan Verma @ Prabhat Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No. 55744 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -27 Year- 2018 Thana -CHAK MEHSI District- SAMASTIPUR =========================================================== Prabhat Ranjan Verma @ Prabhat Ranjan, Son of Sri Vinod Kumar Verma @ Vinod Ranjan, Resident of Village- Mali Nagar, Police Station- Chak Mehsi, District- Samastipur.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr.

For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.

=========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 28-09-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner; learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in Chak Mehsi P.S. Case No. 27 of 2018 instituted under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The allegation against the petitioner and his mother is of poisoning the daughter of the informant, who was his wife and further that without informing of the initial illness, the body was also sent for postmortem and cremated without waiting for the informant. It has further been alleged that just prior to the occurrence Rs. 11,45,000/- had been transferred in the account of the petitioner by the informant and that there was regular torture and demand for dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the deceased herself consumed poison and they had taken her to the hospital and also informed the informant but nobody turned up and

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.55744 of 2018 dt.28-09-2018 2/2 next day, she passed away and further that the postmortem does not reveal any external injury. It was submitted that the money transferred in the account of the petitioner was by way of a partnership for doing business in fish. Learned counsel further submitted that the deceased had also left a suicide note saying that nobody was responsible for her committing suicide.

5. Learned APP and learned counsel for the informant submitted that there is clear proof of huge transaction of money in favour of the petitioner just prior to the incident. It was further submitted that it is unnatural that the mother would not rush to the daughter if she was informed about the seriousness of the condition and her not reaching on the second day and further the informant and his mother not waiting for them before cremating the body is totally unnatural and unbelievable. It was further submitted that the suicide note was forged and fabricated.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, the Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail.

7. Accordingly, the application stands dismissed. (Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J) P. Kumar AFR/NAFR U T