Vasanti Devi @ Basanti Devi And ANR v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.52923 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -1439 Year- 2017 Thana -SARAN COMPLAINT CASE DistrictSARAN ======================================================

1. Vasanti Devi @ Basanti Devi, Wife of Late Sawaliya Bihari Dwivedi,

2. Priyanka Devi, Wife of Vipresh Kumar Dwivedi, Both resident of Village- Dev Bahuara, P.S.- Marhowrah, District- Saran at Chapra. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Neha Kumari, Wife of Dwijesh Kumar Dwivedi, Daughter of Ravindra Nath Tiwary, Resident of Village- Ismailchak, P.S.- Sonpur, District- Saran at Chapra.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dewendra Narayan Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Indra Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-09-2018 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 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

Allegation against the petitioners is of committing torture upon the victim due to non-fulfillment 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 have falsely been implicated in the present case due to

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.52923 of 2018 (2) dt.04-09-2018 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 Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra in connection with Complaint Case No. 1439 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Sudhir Singh, J) A.K.V./- U T