Ram Tahal Patel v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10475 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-374 Year-2021 Thana- DHAKA District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.

RAM TAHAL PATEL S/o Late Ramsogarath Raut Resident of VillageKarmawa, P.S.- Dhaka, District- East Champaran, Motihari. 2.

Umesh Patel Son of Ram Tahal Patel Resident of Village- Karmawa, P.S.- Dhaka, District- East Champaran, Motihari.

3.

Shila Devi W/o Ram Tahal Patel Resident of Village- Karmawa, P.S.- Dhaka, District- East Champaran, Motihari.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Devendra Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.A.G.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-03-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State through virtual mode.

Learned counsel for the petitioners is directed to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, within a period of eight weeks.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in Dhaka 374 of 2021 registered under Sections 304B, 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Allegation against the accused persons including the petitioners is of committing torture and causing death of the victim due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10475 of 2022(2) dt.11-03-2022 2/2 allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioner Nos. 1, 2 & 3 are father-in-law, brother-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased respectively. They are separate in mess and property from husband of the deceased. They have got no concern with the alleged occurrence. The husband of the deceased is in custody. On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioners are named in the Complaint Case/F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikarahana at Dhaka, East Champaran in connection with Dhaka 374 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) A.K.V.//- U T