Sudama Sharma @ Sudama Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20715 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-569 Year-2022 Thana- SARAIYA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== 1.

SUDAMA SHARMA @ SUDAMA THAKUR son of Late Shivdhari Sharma Village- Basaitha Ps- Saraiya Dist-Muzaffarpur 2.

Girja Devi wife of Sudama Sharma @ Sudama Thakur Village- Basaitha PsSaraiya Dist-Muzaffarpur 3.

Anita Devi wife of Pappu Thakur Village- Basaitha Ps- Saraiya DistMuzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajiv Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar Jha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 26-06-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304(B), 201 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are person with clean antecedent and are father-inlaw and mother-in-law and sister-in-law (gotani) of the deceased. It is next submitted that from perusal of the allegation, it would manifest that the informant alleges that his daughter was married with the son of the petitioner No. 1 in the year 2017 and after marriage they were demanding dowry of Rs. 3.5 lacs and on account of non-fulfillment of the dowry demand, it is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20715 of 2023(2) dt.26-06-2023 2/2 alleged that his daughter was killed.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the informant is not an eye-witness to the occurrence and the allegation of demand of dowry is also general and omnibus in nature and the husband of the deceased is in custody. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Saraiya P.S. Case No. 569 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) HarshPandey/- U T