ARJUN SAH v. The State of Bihar
Court: Patna High Court
Bench: MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
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Case summary
Patna High Court judgment dated 2020-12-14. ARJUN SAH v. The State of Bihar. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 15007 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No. -361 Year-2019 Thana- DALSINGHSARAI District- Samastipur ====================================================== Arjun Sah, S/o Late Jageshwar Sah, R/o Mohalla – Chaklokman Gudari Bazar, P. S. Dalsingsarai, District – Samastipur. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nachiketa Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Matloob Rab ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 5 14-12-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A. P. P. for the State through video conferencing. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in Dalsingsarai (D. Sarai) P. S. Case No. 361 of 2019 registered for the offence under Sections 304(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
As per the prosecution case, all the accused persons including petitioner, due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry after marriage, committed murder of daughter of the informant by setting her on fire. It is submitted on behalf of petitioner that petitioner is father-in-law of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation. The petitioner is living separately and has got no concern with the affairs of the deceased. It is further submitted that husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 15007 of 2020(5) dt. 14-12-2020 2/2 However, learned A. P. P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that the deceased before her death has given her statement, in which, she has disclosed that in connivance and in presence of this petitioner, her husband has set her on fire. It is further submitted that post-mortem report also suggests the manner in which the deceased died.
Moreover, the deceased died within seven years of her marriage by burn injury. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the anticipatory bail application of petitioner is rejected. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J. ) anay/- U T
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