Lalan Das v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6336 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-441 Year-2023 Thana- SAHARSA SADAR District- Saharsa ====================================================== 1.

Lalan Das Son Of Rajendra Das Resident Of Village-Muradpur, Ward No. 6, P.S.-Nawhatta, District-Saharsa.

2.

Shyama Devi W/O Late Prakash Das Resident Of Village-Sarahi, Ward No. 5, P.S.-Saharsa, District-Saharsa.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Neha Kumari W/O Santosh Kumar Das, D/O Narayan Das Resident Of Village-Sarahi, Ward No. 5, P.S.-Saharsa, District-Saharsa. At PresentResident Of Village-Dharhara, Ward No. 1, Post-Muradpur, P.S.-Nawhatta, District-Saharsa.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pramod Mishra For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Dilip Kumar No. 1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 20-02-2024 Heard Mr. Pramod Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Dilip Kumar No. 1, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 498A, 504, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of the D.P. Act.

3. Petitioners, who are father-in-law and mother-inlaw of opposite party no2., are said to have ousted the opposite party no.2 from her matrimonial home in association of his family members over the dowry demand.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6336 of 2024(2) dt.20-02-2024 2/2 this case. He submits that there is no specific overt act against the petitioners. He submits that there is general and omnibus allegation levelled against the petitioners. He submits that occurrence took place on 04.07.2023 but the FIR has been lodged on 07.07.2023 after delay of 3 days without explaining any reasonable cause of delay. He further submits that petitioners have no criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of the bail application.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Saharsa P.S. Case No. 441 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) devendra/- U T