Patna High CourtCR. MISC./12373/2018bail granted

Radhe Shyam Pandit And ORS v. The State Of Bihar

2018-03-05Mr. Justice Sudhir Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.12373 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-267 Year-2016 Thana- RIGA District- Sitamarhi ======================================================

1. Radhe Shyam Pandit, s/o- Narayan Pandit

2. Narayan Pandit, s/o- Asharfi Pandit,

3. Titam Devi @ Putuli Devi, @ Putul Devi, wife of Ramshank @ Ramashanker d/o- Narayan Pandit.

All residents of Ward No. 3, village Rampur, Barahi, P.s.- Riga, DistrictSitamarhi. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shankar Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. UDAY CHAND PRASAD ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-03-2018 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 husband and in laws. They have

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12373 of 2018(2) dt.05-03-2018 2/2 falsely been 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 Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Sitamarhi in connection with Riga P.S. Case No. 267/16 G.R. No. 3989/2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T