Court allowed the bail application filing. Considering the nature of the accusation involving death of the daughter under Section 498A IPC, the petitioners were not inclined to be enlarged on bail. Trial was expedited. Prayer rejected.
Bail application rejected. Order for expeditious trial.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12153 of 2016
Arising Out of PS.Case No. -257 Year- 2015 Thana -RAMNAGAR DistrictWESTCHAMPARAN(BETTIAH) ====================================================== 1. Lav Kush Baitha 2. Laxuman Baitha @ Laxman Baitha .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Prithvi Nath Mishra For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar 2 (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-04-2016 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the husband of informant and father of husband of informant are languishing in custody since 07.12.2015 in a case registered for the offences punishable under sections 498A, 364/34 of the IPC.
The prosecution case is that the informant was driven out by the petitioners from the matrimonial house on 18.11.2015 but the children, one daughter and one son, were kept by the petitioners at the matrimonial house. On 05.12.2015 the informant received information that her daughter has been killed and her dead body has been disposed of. Subsequently, on the information supplied by petitioner No.1, Lav Kush Baitha, the dead body of
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daughter of informant in decomposed condition was recovered.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners
that only on suspicion the accusation has been levelled.
Considering the nature of accusation, this court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioners on bail, at present. The prayer is rejected.
Let the trial be expedited.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)
BKS/-
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether bail should be granted to petitioners facing charges of murder and cruelty?
Whether the trial should be expedited?
Lav Kush Baitha, Laxuman Baitha
State of Bihar
DINESH KUMAR SINGH
As recorded by the court registry
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