Umesh Sahni v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1631 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-52 Year-2023 Thana- GORAUL District- Vaishali ====================================================== UMESH SAHNI, S/O LAGAN SAHNI @ RAMLAGAN SAHNI, R/O VILLAGE- DAUD RASULPUR, P.S- GORAUL, DISTT.- VAISHALI. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Shahabuddin Azeem @ S. Azeem, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-02-2024 Heard learned counsels for the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 304B, 120B, 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. It is a case of "dowry death".
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is co-villager of husband of the deceased and he was mediator of the marriage of the deceased and her husband and due to that he has been falsely implicated in this case. There is no specific allegation alleged against the petitioner and he has got no concern with the affairs of the deceased and her husband. It is further submitted that the F.I.R. has been lodged after delay of more than one day, without any explanation for the same. It is also submitted that mother-in-law of the deceased has already
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1631 of 2024(2) dt.07-02-2024 2/2 been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Hon'ble Court in Cr. Misc. No. 67262 of 2023. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, delay in lodging of the F.I.R. and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged 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.-I, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with Goraul (Kathara O.P.) P.S. Case No. 52 of 2023, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T