Dhoki Mandal And ANR v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.20457 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-6 Year-2017 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Bhagalpur ======================================================
1. Dhoki Mandal, S/o Bhim Tanti,
2. Suma Tanti @ Suma Devi W/o Bhim Tanti, Both are R/o VillageBahuwa Bari, P.S.- Jagdishpur, District- Bhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Tarun Prasad Mandal For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Uma Shankar Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-04-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under Sections 498A, 323/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.
Allegation against the petitioners is of committing torture upon the victim due to non-fulfilment 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 petitioners are husband and mother-in-law respectively of the victim. They have falsely been implicated in
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20457 of 2018(2) dt.09-04-2018 2/2 the present case due to petty family dispute. The case is triable by the Magistrate. The petitioners have relied upon the judgment of this Court in the case of Md. Naimul Haque Ansari @ Naimul Haque Ansari & Ors. Vs. The State of Bihar, reported in 2006(3) PLJR 182.
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, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Bhagalpur in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No. 6/2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T