The Patna High Court rejected a bail petition filed by a husband accused of dowry death, citing the gravity of the offence and allegations in the FIR.
Application for anticipatory bail is rejected.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.57184 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -325 Year- 2013 Thana -BOCHHA District- MUZAFFARPUR ====================================================== Bans Lal Rai, Son of Late Dahu Rai, resident of Village-Tamoliya P.S.Bochha, District- Muzaffarpur. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nachiketa Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rajendra Pd. Nat, APP
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER
3 27-01-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.
The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Bochaha P.S. Case No. 325 of 2013 registered under Sections 304-B, 201, 120-B read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
Regard being had to the gravity of the offence and the allegations made in the FIR wherein it has been alleged that the wife of the petitioner was killed in her marital home for nonfulfilment of demand of motorcycle within seven years of marriage, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the
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petitioner. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is rejected.
(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)
Sanjeet/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner in a case alleging dowry death under Section 304-B IPC?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Bans Lal Rai
The State of Bihar
Ashwani Kumar Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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