Uday Kumar Singh And ORS v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.37963 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -132 Year- 2017 Thana -BIKRAMGANJ District- SASARAM (ROHTAS) ======================================================

1. Uday Kumar Singh.

2. Sanjay Kumar Singh. Both are sons of Ramadhar Singh.

3. Soni Kumari, D/o Uday Kumar Singh.

4. Anju Kumari @ Anju Devi, wife of Sanjay Kumar Singh, All are Resident of Village- Baradih, P.S.- Nasriganj, District- Rohtas. .... .... Petitioners

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Rasmi Ranjana, D/o Manoj Kumar Singh, Resident of Village- Sheopur, P.S.- Bikramganj, District- Rohtas.

.... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioners : Mr. Surendra Kumar Mishra, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, 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 Bikramganj P.S. Case No. 132/2017 for the offences instituted under Sections 341, 323, 498(A) of the IPC and 3⁄4 of the D.P. Act.

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

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37963 of 2017 (2) dt.10-08-2017 2/2 of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioners. They have falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The case is triable by the Magistrate. The petitioners are in-laws of the informant. They are separate in mess and property from the husband of the informant. 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 Bikramganj P.S. Case No. 132/2017 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 S.D.J.M. Bikramganj, Rohtas at Sasaram, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T