Chhatu Sah @ Chhathu Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.18459 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-463 Year-2017 Thana- GHORASAHAN District- East Champaran ====================================================== Chhatu Sah @ Chhathu Sah, S/o Banti Sah, R/o Village- Gurmiya Pachiyari Tola, P.S.- Ghorasahan, District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Braj Kishore Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 16-05-2018 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner, already in custody, seeks bail in connection with Ghorasahan P.S.Case No. 463 of 2017 registered under Sections 302/34 of the Indian penal Code. Allegation in brief is that informant's daughter was living with her in-laws and her husband was away working at another place and lady was found killed thrown in a field and cause of death is said to be strangulation, as per postmortem report. Submission is that petitioner is the father-in-law and has been in custody since 14.09.2017.

Whereas learned counsel for the State submits that husband was not living with his wife rather she was living with the petitioner and mother-in-law.

Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances,

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18459 of 2018(4) dt.16-05-2018 2/2 and nature of accusation against the petitioner, the prayer of bail of the petitioner is rejected.

Trial court is directed to expedite the trial after framing of charge and conclude the same preferably within a year. (Arun Kumar, J) sujit/- U T