Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.88047 of 2025, decided 24-02-2026 by Partha Sarthy, J (oral order). Regular bail application of Vikash Mandal, husband of the deceased, in a S.304B IPC dowry-death case (Pupri P.S. Case no.14 of 2016; Sessions Trial no.335 of 2025, Sitamarhi) rejected: deceased burnt to death over dowry demand of a motorcycle; petitioner absconded 9 years, custody since 8.4.2025; in-laws acquitted by trial Court. Trial directed to be expedited. Advocates: Santosh Kumar for petitioner; Nirmal Kumar Sinha, APP for the State.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail refused: considering the allegations against the petitioner in the FIR, that he is the husband of the deceased who was burnt to death over non-fulfillment of a dowry demand of a motorcycle, that the case is of the year 2016, and that the petitioner absconded for 9 years until taken into custody in 2025, the Court was not inclined to enlarge him on bail and rejected the application.