Umashankar Ram @ Raju And ORS v. State Of Bihar And ANR
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.12038 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -136 Year- 2015 Thana -MAHILA P.S. District- SIWAN ======================================================
1. Umashankar Ram @ Raju son of Late Ramuna Ram
2. Lila Devi @ Lilamati Devi, wife of Umashankar Ram
3. Sachin Ram @ Sachin Bharti, son of Umashankar Ram
4. Priyanka Kumari, daughter of Umashankar Ram All resident of Village-Mishrachak, P.S.-Nautan, District-Siwan .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. Chanda Devi, wife of Pappu Ram, daughter of Sheocharan Ram, resident of Village-Rampur Udho, P.S.-Asawn, District-Siwan .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Javed Aslam For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sanjay Kr. Sharma (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-03-2016 Petitioners being parents, brother and sister of the husband of the informant are apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 384, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
The basic accusation is of torture for nonfulfilment of dowry demand and driving out the informant from her matrimonial house after snatching jewellary and other belongings of the informant. It is also alleged that accused persons took signature of the informant on the blank paper. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that accusation is omnibus and general against the entire in-laws family including the petitioners. The petitioners admit marriage of the informant with Pappu Ram and ready to
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12038 of 2016 (2) dt.11-03-2016 2/2 allow the informant to enjoy her husband's share of property in the matrimonial house.
Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Siwan Mahila P.S. Case No. 136 of 2015, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
The bail bonds of the petitioners will be accepted on filing separate affidavit to the effect that they will allow the informant to enjoy her husband's share of property in the matrimonial house. Let the said affidavit be transmitted to the concerned police station by learned Court below. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Shageer/- U T