Must. Anjani Devi v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.38192 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -431 Year- 2016 Thana -KHAGARIA COMPALINT CASE DistrictKHAGARIA ====================================================== Must. Anjani Devi W/o Late Ram Tanuk Bhagat, R/o Village- Dhabauli, P.S.- Mufassil, District- Begusarai.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Raj Shree W/o Ratnesh Anand, D/o Amitabh Prasad, R/o VillageKulhariya, P.S.- Parbatta, Distt.- Khagaria. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Jyoti Ranjan Jha, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Rajendra Prasad Nat, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-08-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 431 (C) of 2016 for the offences instituted under Sections 498(A), 406 of the IPC and 3⁄4 of the D.P. Act.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner tortured the complainant due to non-fulfilment of demand of dowry.

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

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38192 of 2017 (2) dt.10-08-2017 2/2 tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. She has falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The case is triable by the Magistrate. The petitioner has 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 petitioner is named in the complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, be released on bail in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case No. 431 (C) of 2016 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.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