Patna High CourtCR. MISC./60779/2017bail granted

Ranjan Chaudhari And ANR v. State Of Bihar And ANR

2017-12-13Mr. Justice Sudhir Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.60779 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -57 Year- 2017 Thana -MAHILA P.S. District- SAHARSA ======================================================

1. Ranjan Chaudhari, S/O Kailash Chaudhari.

2. Nitu Devi, W/O Ranjan Chaudhary. Both residents of VillageChaudhari Tola, Bakhtiyarpur Basti, P.S. Bakhtiyarpur, DistrictSaharsa. .... .... Petitioners

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Sanju Devi, W/O Ajeet Chaudhari, R/V- Chaudhari Tola Bakhtiyarpur Basti, P.S. Bakhtiyarpur, District-Saharsa.

.... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioners : Mr. Raja Surendra Mohan, Advocate. For the State : Smt. Sharda Kumari, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-12-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioners are languishing in custody since 10.10.2017 in a case for the offence registered under Sections 498(A), 504, 323/34 of the IPC and 3⁄4 of the D.P. Act. The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioners tortured the victim due to nonfulfillment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.60779 of 2017 (2) dt.13-12-2017 2/2 the witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners are in-laws of the victim. They are separate in mess and property from the husband of the victim. The case is triable by the Magistrate. The petitioners have further 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 learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioners are named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M. Saharsa, in connection with Mahila P.S. Saharsa Case No. 57/2017. U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T