Guddu Tanti And ORS v. State Of Bihar And ANR
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.13663 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -181 Year- 2017 Thana -SABAUR District- BHAGALPUR ======================================================
1. Guddu Tanti,
2. Sourabh Tnati @ Saurabh Kumar, Both sons of Mahendra Tanti,
3. Kiran Devi, Wife of Guddu Tanti @ Guddu Kumar,
4. Manbala Devi @ Man Mala Devi, Wife of Mahendra Tanti,
5. Mahendra Tanti, Son of Late Loki Tanti, All resident of VillageParghari, P.S.- Sabour, District- Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioners
Versus
1. The State of Bihar.
2. Bharat Lal Mandal, Son of Late Matuki Mandal, Resident of VillageSondih, P.S.- Gouradih, District- Bhagalpur. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioners : Mr. Pravina Kumari, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Khurshid Anwar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-03-2018 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 498(A) 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 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.13663 of 2018 (2) dt.08-03-2018 2/2 against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. 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, 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 C.J.M. Bhagalpur, in connection with Sabour P.S. Case No. 181 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T