Raju Sahni @ Rajo Sahni v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.61589 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-367 Year-2017 Thana- SAUR BAZAR District- Saharsa ====================================================== Raju Sahni @ Rajo Sahni, Son of Late Narayan Sahni, resident of VillageBelha, P.S.- Beldaur, District- Khagaria. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar.
... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Bishweshwar Ram, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Sri Surendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-12-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
The petitioner, being the father-in-law of the daughter of the informant, is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The prosecution case got initiated on the basis of written report dated 02.08.2017 submitted by Sabita Devi to the Prastpar Police Camp, Saharsa is to the effect that the daughter of the informant, Ravina Kumari was married with Pankaj Kumar two months prior to lodging of the FIR and all the inlaws family members tortured the victim subsequently and all the in-laws on 01.05.2017, for non-fulfillment of further dowry demand of Rs. 10,000,00/- poisoned her to death. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.61589 of 2018(2) dt.10-12-2018 2/3 informant has not named the petitioner in the FIR, subsequently his name sprang up during investigation. It is further submitted that the husband of the daughter of the informant is in custody. Similarly situated co-accused named in the FIR have been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide Criminal Miscellaneous No. 54418 of 2017. A statement has been made in paragraph no.3 of the petition that the petitioner is not having any criminal antecedent. It is submitted by learned APP for the State that there is specific accusation against the petitioner and during investigation his complicity has been surfaced in commission of occurrence.
Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the daughter of the informant and similarly situated accused persons have been granted bail, coupled with statement made in paragraph no.3 of the petition that the petitioner is not having any criminal antecedent, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Saharsa, in connection with
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.61589 of 2018(2) dt.10-12-2018 3/3 Sour Bazar P.S. Case No.367/2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Ashwini/- U T