Bijli Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31262 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-55 Year-2021 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Madhepura ====================================================== 1.

BIJLI DEVI wife of Dinesh yadav Resident of village - Chikni Fulkaha, Police Station- Gamhariya, District - Madhepura. 2.

NITISH KUMAR Son of Dinesh Yadav Resident of village - Chikni Fulkaha, Police Station- Gamhariya, District - Madhepura. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Sucheta Yadav, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 12-09-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 323, 379, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have antecedent of one case which was instituted by the present informant earlier, as is detailed in Para-3 of the anticipatory bail application.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no. 1 is mother-in-law and petitioner no. 2 is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31262 of 2022(2) dt.12-09-2022 2/3 brother-in-law of the informant and it is alleged that the accused persons, including the petitioners, after marriage were demanding Rs. 5 lakh by way of dowry for which the present occurrence took place, as is detailed in the FIR, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that to keep the wife with dignity and honour is the responsibility of the husband and it has become rampant to implicate the entire family member,s whenever dispute between husband and wife arises, it is next submitted that earlier also the informant has instituted a case under Section 498 being Mahila P.S. Case No. 22 of 2016 in which the present petitioners were also made an accused.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31262 of 2022(2) dt.12-09-2022 3/3 where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No. 55 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Shivam/- U T