Lalan Singh And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.33635 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -22 Year- 2017 Thana -SURYAPURA District- SASARAM (ROHTAS) ======================================================

1. Lalan Singh, son of Kanhaiya Singh,

2. Chinta Devi, wife of Lalan Singh, Both are resident of VillageNarayanpur, P.S.- Suryapura, District- Rohtas. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nagendra Upadhyay, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-07-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under Sections 341, 323, 504, 379, 498(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of the 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 petitioner that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case. The case is triable by the Magistrate. The petitioner No.1 is the fatherin-law of the victim and the petitioner No.2 is the mother-in-law

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33635 of 2017 (2) dt.20-07-2017 2/2 of the victim. They are separate in mess and property from the husband of the victim. 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 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Bikramganj in connection with Suryapura P.S. case No.22 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