Ranjan Kumar Manjhi @ Ranjan Kr. Manjhi @ Ranjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76826 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-185 Year-2023 Thana- DHORAIYA District- Banka ====================================================== Ranjan Kumar Manjhi @ Ranjan Kr. Manjhi @ Ranjan Kumar S/o- Late Arjun Manjhi Village- Maranga Ps- Dhoraiya Dist- Banka ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Tapeshwar Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 13-12-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Dhoraiya P.S. Case no. 185 of 2023 registered under sections 304B, 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, informant states that he married his daughter to the petitioner on 9.7.2022. It is stated that his daughter was tortured on non-fulfillment of demand of dowry by way of a motorcycle and Rs. 50,000/- in cash and ultimately she was done to death.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case because of his being the husband of the deceased. The allegation in the F.I.R. is false and concocted. In fact the witnesses in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76826 of 2024(4) dt.13-12-2024 2/2 course of investigation stated that petitioner was living in Delhi and there was some altercation between the mother-in-law and the informant's daughter and due to this she committed suicide. The petitioner is in custody since 4.7.2024 and similarly situated co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order 19.7.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 18532 of 2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegations against the petitioner in the F.I.R., the petitioner being the husband of the deceased and the cause of death in the postmortem report being asphyxia as a result of injury found on the body, the Court is not inclined to enlarged the petitioner on bail and the application is rejected.

7. The learned trial court is directed to expedite the trial.

(Partha Sarthy, J) Ranjeet/- U T