Lal Bahadur Singh Yadav @ Lal Bahadur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18307 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-289 Year-2019 Thana- DIDARGANJ District- Patna ====================================================== 1.

LAL BAHADUR SINGH YADAV @ LAL BAHADUR Son of Late Jaylal Singh Resident of Gyan Chak, P.S.- Didarganj, District - Patna. 2.

Smt. Jyoti Devi Wife of Lal Bahadur Singh Yadav @ Lal Bahadur Resident of Gyan Chak, P.S.- Didarganj, District - Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Anil Kumar Singh For the State :

Mr.Madhura Nand Jha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-08-2020 Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, the matter is being taken up by way of virtual Court proceeding.

The matter has been listed under the heading "For Orders" under the orders of Hon'ble the Chief Justice. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under Sections 304B, 323, 379, 504, 120(B)/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 petitioners

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18307 of 2020(2) dt.13-08-2020 2/2 are cousin 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 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, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on their personal bond to the satisfaction of Ms. Sushmita Kumari, learned Judicial Magistrate-Ist Class, Patna City, District-Patna in connection with Didarganj P.S. Case No. 289 of 2019 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 seven weeks to the satisfaction of the court concerned in connection with the aforesaid case.

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