Vikas Kumar @ Vikas Kumar Singh And ORS v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.16244 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -1664 Year- 2012 Thana -VAISALI COMPLAINT CASE DistrictVAISHALI(HAJIPUR) ======================================================

1. Vikas Kumar @ Vikas Kumar Singh

2. Sanjeev Kumar, Both sons of Late Nand Kishore Sintgh @ Nawal Kishore Prasad Singh

3. Jhumni Devi @ Jhunni Devi, W/o Vikash Kumar

4. Bimla Devi, wife of late Nand Kishore Singh @ Nawal Kishore Prasad Singh All resident of village- Senduari, P.S.- Sadar Hajipur, District- Vaishali .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

State of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anita Kumari (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-04-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State.

The petitioner being the brothers, brother's wife and mother of the alleged husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which processes have been directed to be issued after cognizance being taken for the offences punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The basis accusation is of torture for nonfulfillment of dowry demand. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that two different girls namely Priti Kumari and Pinki Kumari @ Pinki Devi claim that they got married with

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16244 of 2016 (2) dt.12-04-2016 the brother of the petitioner namely Rajeev Singh. It is further submitted that complainant was never married with Rajeev Kumar. In the other complaint filed by Priti Kumari in which processes have been directed to be issued after cognizance being taken for the offences punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

Considering the fact that marriage between complainant and Rajeev Singh is in dispute, let the above named petitioners be released on bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Complaint Case No. 1664 of 2012, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Indian Penal Code. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) P.K./- U T