Ranjit Gope And ORS v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.65320 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -121 Year- 2018 Thana -KHUSRUPUR District- PATNA ======================================================

1. Ranjit Gope, S/O Karu Gope.

2. Pappu Gope, S/O Karu Gope.

3. Karu Gope, S/O Late Kishori Gope.

4. Manti Devi, W/O Karu Gope.

5. Nitu Devi, W/O Ranjit Gope. All are R/V- Baikathpur, P.S. Khusrupur, District-Patna.

6. Nitu Devi, D/O Karu Gope, W/O Pramod Rai, R/V- Baikathpur, P.S. Khusrupur, District-Patna and presently R/V- Khirodharpur, P.S. Khusrupur, District-Patna.

.... .... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioners : Mr. Raj Kumar, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Shailendra Kumar -1, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-10-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 304(B) and 120(B)/34 of the IPC.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioners killed the victim due to nonfulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.65320 of 2018 (2) dt.26-10-2018 2/2 against the petitioners. The petitioners have been made accused in the present case due to mistake of fact. The petitioner no. 1 is Bhaisur, petitioner no. 2 is Dewar, petitioner no. 3 is father-in-law, petitioner no. 4 is mother-in-law, petitioner no. 5 is Gotani and petitioner no. 6 is married Nanad of the deceased. They are separate in mess and property from the husband of the deceased. The husband of the deceased is in custody.

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, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory 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 A.C.J.M.-VI, Patna City, in connection with Khusrupur P.S. Case No. 121 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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