Rameshwar Mahto And ANR v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.12480 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -201 Year- 2016 Thana -BHAWANIPUR District- PURNIA ======================================================

1. Rameshwar Mahto, son of Late Mahadev Mahto,

2. Bipin Devi, wife of Rameshwar Mahto, Both Resident of VillageBhelwa, P.S.- Bhawanipur, District- Purnea. .... .... Petitioners

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Usha Devi, wife of Basant Mahto, D/o Shyam Sunder Mahto at present residing Mohalla Uda , P.S.- Udakishunganj, District- Madhepura. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ram Prawesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Damodar Prasad Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 27-03-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Bhawanipur P.S. Case No. 201 of 2016 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 324, 307, 498A, 504, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law respectively and there is general and omnibus allegation of demand of dowry and torture and no specific allegation has been alleged against them. Heard learned APP also.

Having heard both sides and in view of the facts and

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12480 of 2017 (2) dt.27-03-2017 2/2 circumstances of the case, let the petitioners, named above, in the event of their arrest or surrender in the court within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Purnea, in connection with Bhawanipur P.S. Case No. 201 of 2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and further conditions that petitioners shall co-operate in the investigation and make themselves available before the police as and when required and in the event of failure on their part to appear before the police on two consecutive dates, the prosecution shall be free to move for cancellation of their bail bonds and further petitioners will not induce any witness or tamper with the evidence. (Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) spal/- U