Lal Babu Rai v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23342 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-178 Year-2020 Thana- ATHMALGOLA District- Patna ====================================================== 1.
LAL BABU RAI SON OF RAM DAS RAI R/O VILLAGE- GANJPAR, P.S.- BAKHTIYARPUR, DISTRICT- PATNA.
2.
GUDDU KUMAR SON OF LAL BABU RAI R/O VILLAGE- GANJPAR, P.S.- BAKHTIYARPUR, DISTRICT- PATNA.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Ashok Kumar Kashyap For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Anita Kumari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 29-07-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State through virtual mode.
The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under Section 304B, 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Allegation against the petitioners is of committing torture and caused 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 allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioner Nos. 1 & 2 are father-in-law and brother-in-law of the deceased respectively. They are separate in
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23342 of 2021(2) dt.29-07-2021 2/2 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 and also the lockdown, 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 their personal bond to the satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Barh, Patna in connection with Athmalgola P.S. Case No. 178 of 2020 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Once the normalcy is restored, the petitioners shall furnish bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each within a period of eight weeks to the satisfaction of the court concerned in connection with the aforesaid case.
(Sudhir Singh, J) A.K.V.//- U T