Single judge bail order. The court granted bail to the petitioner, the husband of the deceased in a Section 304(B) IPC dowry death case, noting the cause of death was electric shock and FIR was lodged after a delay.
Release of the petitioner on bail with a bond of Rs. 10,000 and two sureties of similar amount.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 51029 of 2022
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-112 Year-2020 Thana- PHENHARA District- East Champaran
======================================================
Sunil Sah Son Of Raj Ballabh Sah @ Ram Janam Sah R/O Village And P.O.Kalupakar, P.S.- Phenhara, District- East Champaran.
... ... Petitioner/S
Versus
The State of Bihar.
| ============== Appearance : |
... ... Opposite Party/s ======================================== |
|---|---|
| For the Petitioner/s | : Mr. Shyama Kant Singh,Advocate |
| For the State | : Mr. Binod Kumar, APP |
| For the Informant ============== |
: Mr. Madhurendra Kumar, Advocate ======================================== |
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER
5 16-02-2023
Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Informant.
The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Phenhara P.S. Case No. 112 of 2020 registered for the offence under Section 304(B) of the IPC.
The accused/petitioner is named in the F.I.R. and is in custody since 11.05.2022.
The allegation against the petitioner, who is the husband of the deceased is to cause of death of daughter of the informant, alongwith other family members/co-accused persons, due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry as raised for one motorcycle.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 51029 of 2022(5) dt.16-02-2023 2/3
Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that present FIR was lodged after six months of the occurrence due to oblique motive, where implication is completely false without having any connecting evidence. It is also submitted that from perusal of the complaint, death was caused by administering poison and this fact was totally ruled out as per post-mortem report, where cause of death was ascertained as “electrical shock”. It is also submitted that death of wife of petitioner was accidental as while she was taking bath died out of electric current. While concluding the argument, it is submitted that petitioner is a man of clean antecedent and, moreover, investigation of this case is complete, where chargesheet has been submitted, as such, there is no chance of tempering with the evidence.
Learned APP, duly assisted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant, while opposing the prayer of bail submitted that several witnesses during the course of examination supported the fact of demand of dowry soon before the occurrence. It is also submitted that presumption is against the petitioner, where he has to explain the cause of death.
Considering the facts and circumstances as mentioned above, as cause of death appears to be electric shock as per post-
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 51029 of 2022(5) dt.16-02-2023 3/3
mortem report, where FIR was lodged after six months of the occurrence, where cause of death as alleged is administering poison, let the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail in connection with Phenhara P.S. Case No. 112 of 2020 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Motihari District East Champaran/concerned court, subject to the conditions as mentioned under Section 437(3) of the Cr.P.C.
(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J)
veena/-
U T
1 issue framed by the court
Whether to grant bail to the petitioner accused in a Section 304(B) IPC dowry death case.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Sunil Sah
The State of Bihar
Chandra Shekhar Jha
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
