Kulshum Khatoon v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19135 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-783 Year-2018 Thana- BARACHATTI District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.

KULSHUM KHATOON W/o Md Gaffar Quraishi R/o village- Hemjapur, P.S.- Mohanpur, Distt.- Gaya 2.

Md Gaffar Quraishi S/o Late Munna Quraishi R/o village- Hemjapur, P.S.- Mohanpur, Distt.- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Prithivi Raj Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Atul Chandra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 25-06-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Barachatti (Mohanpur) P.S. Case No.783 of 2018 registered under Sections 304(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code besides Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of killing the deceased, the sister of the informant, by her husband and other in-laws for nonfulfillment of the dowry demand of cash Rs.2,00,000/-, while due to wedlock of the sister of the informant, there are three children.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19135 of 2019(4) dt.25-06-2019 2/2 petitioners are parents-in-law of the deceased. In fact, the deceased died due to burn injury sustained by her in course of cooking the meal but with an ulterior motive, the informant has lodged the present case. Further submission is that the brother and sister of the deceased have stated that the deceased died due to burn injury sustained by her in course of cooking the meal, which would appear from paragraphs-27 and 28 of the case diary.

Having considered the facts and the circumstances of the case, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender by them within six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on their furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sherghati, Gaya, in connection with Barachatti (Mohanpur) P.S. Case No.783 of 2018, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.

(Rajendra Kumar Mishra, J) P.S./- U T