Sanjay Shrivastawa @ Snjay Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34178 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-3 Year-2022 Thana- MAHILA PS District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.

SANJAY SHRIVASTAWA @ SNJAY PRASAD SON OF LT. HARENDRA PRASAD R/O VILLAGE- SATPIPRA, P.S.- RAMGARHWA, DISTRICTEAST CHAMPARAN 2.

BITAM DEVI WIFE OF SANJAY SHRIVASTAWA @ SANJAY PRASAD R/O VILLAGE- SATPIPRA, P.S.- RAMGARHWA, DISTRICT- EAST CHAMPARAN 3.

NISHA SHRIVASTAWA D/O- SANJAY SRIVASTAWA @ SANJAY PRASAD R/O VILLAGE- SATPIPRA, P.S.- RAMGARHWA, DISTRICTEAST CHAMPARAN 4.

DIPAK SHRIVASTAWA SON OF SANJAY SRIVASTAWA @ SANJAY PRASAD R/O VILLAGE- SATPIPRA, P.S.- RAMGARHWA, DISTRICTEAST CHAMPARAN ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Dhannjay Kumar No 2, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Umesh Lal Verma, APP Mr.Karandeep Kumar, Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 22-09-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

Learned counsel for the petitioners is directed to remove the defects within four weeks of resumption of normal court proceedings. In the eventuality of non-removal of defects within stipulated period, office will place the matter before the Bench.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34178 of 2022(2) dt.22-09-2022 2/3 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498A, 406/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of D.P. Act. Allegedly, all the FIR named accused persons including the petitioners are said to have subjected the informant to cruelty and tortured her for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. They have been falsely implicated in this case. No such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place. Petitioners are the in-laws of the informant. The allegation leveled against the petitioners is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. They have never made any dowry demand nor have tortured the informant. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent.

Learned APP for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant have opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand)

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34178 of 2022(2) dt.22-09-2022 3/3 each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Motihari Mahila P.S. Case No.03 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T