CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD)

4 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the appellant, learned counsel for the informant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. Records have been placed before this Court to consider the prayer of the appellant for suspension of his sentence and release on bail during pendency of the appeal.

3. The appellant has been convicted vide judgment dated 07.03.2025 and sentenced vide order dated 24.03.2025 in Sessions Trial No. 483 of 2021 arising out of Islampur P.S. Case No. 176 of 2020 passed by learned District and Additional Sessions Judge-III, Hilsa, Nalanda, for the offence punishable under Sections 304B of the Indian Penal Code . He has been ordered to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life under the said Section.

4. As per the prosecution story, one Umesh Prasad Kewat (PW-5), who is the father of the deceased has alleged that he had got his daughter, namely, Shweta Rani married to this appellant as per Hindu Rites and Customs on 15.06.2019. It is further alleged that her daughter lived happily at her matrimonial