Bijai Baitha @ Bijay Baitha v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.13132 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-115 Year-2017 Thana- NAWANGAR District- Buxar ====================================================== Bijai Baitha @ Bijay Baitha, Son of Bharath Baitha, Resident of VillageMadiya, P.S.- Nawanagar, District- Buxar. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Binod Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :
Md. Sufiyan, APP For the Informant :
Mr. Ramakrit Yadav, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 26-04-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned APP for the State as well as learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant.
Petitioner, already in custody, seeks bail in connection with Nawanagar (Sonbarsa) PS Case No.115 of 2017, registered under Sections 304(B), 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Allegation in brief is that within two years of marriage, the wife of the petitioner was done to death as the demand of further dowry was not fulfilled.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the wife of the petitioner died natural death due to some ailment and information was given to her parents and they participated in cremation and this false case has been lodged only to extort
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13132 of 2018(3) dt.26-04-2018 2/2 money from the petitioner; whereas learned counsel for the State submits that a young lady died unnatural death and the dead body was also discreetly disposed of and after marriage, the in-laws were demanding dowry and the petitioner is the husband.
Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the prayer of bail of the petitioner is rejected in connection with Nawanagar (Sonbarsa) PS Case No.115 of 2017, pending in the court of learned CJM, Buxar with a direction to the trial court to expedite the trial and preferably conclude the same within a year.
(Arun Kumar, J) S.KUMAR/- U T