IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60310 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-612 Year-2023 Thana- MADHAURAH District- Saran ====================================================== Santosh Kumar @ Santosh Rai @ Santosh Kumar Rai, aged about 28 years, Male, Son of Deep Narayan Rai @ Dipnaryan Ray, Resident of Village - Gaura Bawan, Bichla Tola, Police Station - Marhowrah (Gaura OP), District - Saran at Chapra. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Krishna Kumar Yadav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Arun Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH CHAND MALVIYA ORAL ORDER 4 10-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Marhowrah (Gaura O.P.) P.S. Case No. 612 of 2023 instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. As per the allegation in the FIR the petitioner is accused of strangulating his sister by putting a pillow on her face and thereafter throwing her dead body in the well. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence and has falsely been implicated in this case due to dirty village politics and own confessional statement before the police. He further submitted that nobody was eye-witness of the alleged Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60310 of 2024(4) dt.10-01-2025 2/2 occurrence. He next submitted that petitioner has nothing to do with the death of the victim Arti Kumari who had committed suicide by jumping in the well. Petitioner has got criminal antecedent is in custody since 23.09.2023. 5. Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail. 6. From perusal of the case diary, FIR and the impugned order dated 16.03.2024 passed by the learned 7th Additional Sessions Judge, Saran at Chapra, it appears that petitioner is named in the FIR. It also appears that it is a case of honor killing and there is specific allegation against the petitioner of killing his sister and lover of his sister, Bhanu Rai and dumped the dead body of his sister with heavy stone. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, the nature of allegation as alleged in the FIR is serious and it is a case of double murder hence, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 8. Prayer for regular bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected. annpurna/- (Ramesh Chand Malviya, J) U T