Pappu Ram And ORS v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.49951 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -132 Year- 2018 Thana -BARAULI District- GOPALGANJ ======================================================

1. Pappu Ram, S/o Buchun Ram,

2. Sila Devi W/o Buchun Ram,

3. Pramod Ram S/o Buchun Ram,

4. Babita Devi D/o Ganesh Ram,

5. Rubi Kumari D/o Ganesh Ram,

6. Rajan Kumar @ Rajan Ram, S/o Ganesh Ram, All R/o Vill.- Bhatkua Ward No. 6, P.S.- Barauli, District- Gopalganj. .... .... Petitioners

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Sarita Devi, W/o Pappu Ram, R/o Vill.- Bhatkua, Ward No. 6, P.S.- Barauli, District- Gopalganj, At present R/o Harkhua, Ward No. 23, P.S.- Town Thana Gopalganj, District- Gopalganj. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Harendra Prasad, Advocate For the State : Mr. Yogendra Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-08-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 341, 323, 498(A)and 406/34 of the IPC.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioners tortured the victim due to nonfulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.49951 of 2018 (2) dt.16-08-2018 2/2 There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The petitioners are husband and in-laws of the victim. The case is triable by the Magistrate. 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 learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioners are named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners above named, in the event of arrest or 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 the learned A.C.J.M.-XIV, Gopalganj, in connection with Barauli P.S. Case No. 132/2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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