Neetu Devi @ Neetu Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.32635 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-39 Year-2017 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Neetu Devi @ Neetu Kumari, daughter of Sitaram Mandal, Wife of Mithilesh Kumar, Resident of Village- Chhoti Sardho, Police Station- Sabour, DistrictBhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Ashutosh Kumar, Adv.

For the State :

Mr. Sri Navin Kumar Pandey, APP For the Informant :

Mr. Rajive Ranjan Singh, Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-06-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and and learned counsel for the informant. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 498A, 494, 341, 323, 504, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Allegation against the petitioner 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 petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The case is triable by the Magistrate. The petitioner has relied upon the judgment of this Court in the case

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32635 of 2018(2) dt.18-06-2018 2/2 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 and learned counsel for the informant, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, 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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Bhagalpur in connection with Bhagalpur Mahila P.S. case No.39 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