Jawahar Lal Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29524 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-571 Year-2021 Thana- HARNAUT District- Nalanda ====================================================== 1.

Jawahar Lal Singh S/O Late Mahendra Prasad Singh @ Late Mahendra Singh Resident Of Quarter No.-1329, Street-48, Sector 8d, Chirudih, Bokaro Steel City, P.O.- Sector- 9, P.S.- Harla Ix, District- Bokaro, Jharkhand, Permanent Resident Of Village- Barah, P.S.- Harnaut, District- Nalanda. 2.

Rita Sinha W/O Of Jawahar Lal Singh Resident Of Quarter No.-1329, Street-48, Sector 8d, Chirudih, Bokaro Steel City, P.O.- Sector- 9, P.S.- Harla Ix, District- Bokaro, Jharkhand, Permanent Resident Of Village- Barah, P.S.- Harnaut, District- Nalanda.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

Nutan Kumari W/o Pankaj Kumar, D/o Dhananjay Kumar Resident of Village- Sudha Sadan, Adarsh Nagar, P.S.- Hamaut, District- Nalanda. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Jagjit Roshan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Dr. Ajeet Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 14-11-2022 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

Petitioners, who in-laws of opposite party no2., is said to have ousted the opposite party no.2 from her matrimonial home in association of his family members over the dowry demand.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29524 of 2022(5) dt.14-11-2022 2/2 petitioners that the petitioners are an innocent person and have committed no offence. Petitioners have neither made any dowry demand nor drove her out of her matrimonial home nor tormented her over the demand of dowry. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of the bail application. 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.

In that view of the matter, let the above named petitioners, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Harnaut P.S. Case No. 571 of 2021, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) devendra/- U T