Jagdish Rai @ Jagdish Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.80497 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-539 Year-2024 Thana- BIHTA District- Patna ====================================================== Jagdish Rai @ Jagdish Yadav Son of Late Manki Yadav Resident of VillageKelhanpur Ganchhi, P.S.- Bihta, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Pankaj Kumar Dubey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Ashok Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 10-12-2024 1.
Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2.
This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Bihta PS case no. 539 of 2024, disclosing offences punishable under Section 304(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3.
The prosecution story, as per the First Information Report, is that the marriage of the informant's daughter was solemnized in the year 2021. The allegation is that the petitioner along with other accused persons tortured and subsequently, killed the informant's sister due to non-fulfilment of demand of dowry.
4.
Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is grand father-in-law of the deceased and has been made accused along with entire family members. The petitioner
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80497 of 2024(2) dt.10-12-2024 2/2 is aged about 80 years old having various ailments. Learned counsel further submits that the husband of the deceased is in custody.
5.
Regard being had to the submissions made on behalf of the parties and taking into consideration the advance age of the petitioner, who is the grand father-in-law of the deceased, I am inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6.
This application is, accordingly, allowed.
7.
Let petitioner, abovenamed, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M.-II, Danapur in connection with Bihta PS case no. 539 of 2024, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) rinkee/- U T