Pawan Gupta And ORS v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.38121 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -21 Year- 2017 Thana -BELDAUR District- KHAGARIA ======================================================

1. Pawan Gupta, S/o Triveni Gupta,

2. Babita Devi, W/o Pawan Gupta, Both are Resident of Village- Dhol Bazza, P.S.- Navgachhia, District- Bhagalpur.

3. Premsheela Devi, W/o Prithwi Bhagat, Resident of Village- Sakrohar, P.S.- Beldour, District- Khagaria.

.... .... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioners : Mr. Binod Kumar, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Sri Narendra Kumar Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-08-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Beldaur P.S. Case No. 21/2017 for the offences instituted under Sections 498(A), 420 and 406/34 of the IPC. The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioners tortured the informant 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 allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioners.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38121 of 2017 (2) dt.10-08-2017 2/2 They have falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. 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 State, it has been submitted that the petitioners are named in the F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners above named, be released on bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Beldaur P.S. Case No. 21 of 2017 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Khagaria, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T