Patna High Court considered a bail application filed by a husband apprehending arrest in a dowry death case. The court granted bail conditional on the petitioner surrendering within six weeks.
Regular bail granted conditioned upon surrender of the petitioner within six weeks.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39247 of 2015
Arising Out of PS.Case No. -259 Year- 2014 Thana -BISFI (PATAUNA) District- MADHUBANI
====================================================== 1. Sanjiv Kumar Sahni @ Sanjit Sahni. Son of Ramshreshth Sahni, Resident of village- Kataiya, Police Station- Bisfi (Patauna O.P., District- Madhubani. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Birendra Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sanjay Kr.Pandey(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-10-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and
the State.
Petitioner being husband of the victim is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304B, 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
The accusation is killing the daughter of the informant after three years of marriage for non-fulfilment of dowry demand.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that only on suspicion the accusation has been levelled.
Considering the fact that postmortem reflects the death caused by strangulation, let learned Court below consider the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner, if the
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petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Bisfi(Patauna) P.S. Case No. 259 of 2014, G.R. No. 2923 of 2014, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Madhubani.
With the observations above, the application stands disposed off.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)
Shageer/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner husband is entitled to bail in a dowry death case based on suspicion and potential surrender within a specified period.
2 provisions across 1 enactments
Sanjiv Kumar Sahni
The State of Bihar
Dinesh Kumar Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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