Anju Devi And ORS v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.21137 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-84 Year-2017 Thana- SALAIYA District- Aurangabad ======================================================

1. Anju Devi, wife of Ashok Yadav

2. Ashok Kumar Yadav @ Ashok Yadav, son of Krishna Yadav

3. Tetari Devi, wife of Krishna Yadav

4. Krishna Yadav, son of Raghuraj Yadav All r/o- village Chatur Bigha, P.S.- Deo District- Aurangabad. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State Of Bihar

2. Sanju Devi, d/o- Shivnandan Yadav @ Mandal Yadav, r/o- village Mahulan, P.s.- Salaiya, District- Aurangabad.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Leelawati Kumari For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Khurshid Anwar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-04-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

Allegation against the petitioners is of committing torture 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 allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners are in-laws. They have falsely been

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21137 of 2018(2) dt.10-04-2018 2/2 implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The case is triable by the Magistrate. 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 Complaint Case/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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M. VIII, Aurangabad in connection with Salaiya P.S. Case No. 84/2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T