Rajendra Mukhiya v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10896 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-361 Year-2021 Thana- BAJPATTI District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== 1.

RAJENDRA MUKHIYA Son of Late Ramawatar Mukhiya Resident of Village- Barharwa, P.S.- Bajpatti, District- Sitamarhi. 2.

Kushma Devi W/o Rajendra Mukhiya Resident of Village- Barharwa, P.S.- Bajpatti, District- Sitamarhi.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pushpendra Kumar Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Rita Verma, APP ====================================================== 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 four weeks.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in Bajpatti P.S. Case No. 361 of 2021 registered under Section 304B/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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10896 of 2022(2) dt.11-03-2022 2/2 petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioner Nos. 1 & 2 are father-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.

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, Pupri at Sitamarhi in connection with Bajpatti P.S. Case No. 361 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