Rambinay Pandit And ORS v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.64981 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-235 Year-2018 Thana- KESARIA District- East Champaran ======================================================
1. Rambinay Pandit Son of Din Dayal Pandit
2. Dinesh Pandit Son of Rambinay Pandit
3. Reeta Devi Wife of Dinesh Pandit All Resident of Village-Sundrapur Badhai Tola, Police StationKesariya,Distt.-East Champaran ... ... Petitioners
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Anil Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Upendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 14-12-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.
The petitioners seek pre-arrest bail in connection with Kesariya P. S. Case No. 235 of 2018 registered under Sections 304 B and 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
Considering the allegation that the petitioners killed the niece of the informant within three years of her marriage for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry, I am not inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to petitioner nos. 1 and 2, the father-in-law and brother-in-law of the victim respectively. Their application for grant of pre-arrest bail is rejected.
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.64981 of 2018(2) dt.14-12-2018 2/2 However, considering that the status of petitioner no. 3 Reeta Devi in the house was the same as that of the deceased, in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within six weeks from today, she is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- ( Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-XI, East Champaran, Motihari in Kesariya P. S. Case No. 235 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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