Surendra Prasad Verma @ Surendra Kumar Verma And ORS v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.43092 of 2017 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-134 Year-2017 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Nalanda ====================================================== 1.

Surendra Prasad Verma @ Surendra Kumar Verma Son of Late Brihaspati Prasad 2.

Chandrakanta Devi W/o Surendra Prasad Verma @ Surendra Kumar Verma Both residents of village - Naushra, P.S. Noorsarai, District - Nalanda.

3.

Nilam Kumari @ Nilma Devi W/o Mithlesh Prasad 4.

Mithlesh Prasad S/o Late Dukhi Mahto Both residents of village - Gaivi, P.S. Rahui, District - Nalanda.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Raj Bansh Dubey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Satyendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-09-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under Sections 498A, 406, 307, 341, 323, 420, 504, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

Allegation against the petitioners is of committing torture and assault upon the victim due to non-fulfilment of demand of dowry.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43092 of 2017(2) dt.15-09-2017 2/2 allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioners have 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 State, it is submitted that the petitioners are named in the F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of arrest/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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of C.J.M., Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Mahila P.S. case No.134 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T