Nirmala Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37198 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-136 Year-2024 Thana- BARUN District- Aurangabad ====================================================== 1.

Nirmala Devi W/O Kishun Bhagat 2.

Naresh Pal S/O Kishun Bhagat 3.

Poonam Devi @ Punam Devi W/O Naresh Pal 4.

Ritu Kumari D/O Kishun Bhagat All Are R/O Village- Mahatha, P.S- Barun, Distt.- Aurangabad, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State Of Bihar 2.

Reshma Devi W/O Suresh Pal R/O Village- Mahatha, P.S- Barun, Distt.- Aurangabad, Bihar And D/O Vishwanath Pal, R/O Village- Pithaura, P.SPipra, Distt.- Palamu, Jharkhand. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms.Rupa Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Md. Nazir Ansari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 01-07-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners seek bail in anticipation of their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 379 and 34 of the IPC and Section 3⁄4 of the D.P. Act in connection with Barun P.S. Case No.136 of 2024.

3. The learned counsel submits that the petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and have been falsely implicated at the instant of informant. It is submitted that informant was married to Suresh Pal, son of petitioner no.1 and alleges that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37198 of 2024(2) dt.01-07-2024 2/3 after marriage the accused persons were demanding dowry and on account of non-fulfillment of the demand she was ousted from a matrimonial home on 26.03.2024. Further Naresh Pal and Poonam had stolen jewellery worth rupees twenty thousand from a Almirah.

4. The learned counsel submits that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that husband of the informant has not been made an accused. It is next submitted that the instant FIR has been instituted at the behest of the husband who is having dispute relating to property with his family members.

5. The learned APP opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6. 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 Court below within a period of six weeks, are directed to be released on anticipatory bail on their furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Barun P.S. Case No.136 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37198 of 2024(2) dt.01-07-2024 3/3 Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Prakash Narayan U T