Sumitra Devi @ Sunita Devi And ORS. v. State Of Bihar And ANR
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.42916 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -14 Year- 2015 Thana -JURAWNPUR District- VAISHALI(HAJIPUR) ======================================================
1. Sumitra Devi @ Sunita Devi Wife of Late Pappu Rai,
2. Kaushal Rai, Son of Late Pappu Rai,
3. Sonali Kumari Daughter of Late Pappu Rai, All are Resident of Village - Jurawanpur Barari, P.S. - Jurawanpur, District - Vaishali at Hajipur. .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar.
2. Salita Devi, D/o Bundel Choudhary, Resident of Village + P.O. - Paharpur, P.S. - Jurawanpur, District - Vaishali at Hajipur .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dr. Om Prakash Om For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Subhash Chandra Mishra(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-09-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the mother, brother and sister of the husband of the informant are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 341, 323, 307, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
The basic accusation is of torture for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand. It is also alleged that the petitioners administered some poisonous substance to the informant and they made attempt to kill the informant.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42916 of 2015 (2) dt.09-09-2015 2/2 the petitioners claim to be separate from the husband of the informant and there is no medical report to suggest that any poisonous substance was administered to the informant. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the informant, let the above named petitioners 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 `10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Jurawanpur P.S. Case No. 14 of 2015, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Amrendra/- U T