Ranjeet Kumar And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.9107 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -176 Year- 2015 Thana -BHAGALPUR KOTWALI DistrictBHAGALPUR ======================================================

1. Ranjeet Kumar, son of Bhuwaneshwar Prasad Singh

2. Pragya Devi @ Pragya Kumari, wife of Ranjeet Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Binod Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Dinesh Singh (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-02-2016 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State.

The petitioners being elder brother and elder brother's wife of the husband of the informant are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/506 of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

Basic accusation is of torture for non-fulfillment of dowry demand.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners reside at Haryana since last eight years and have no connection with the husband of the informant. Moreover, the thrust of accusation is against the husband of the informant. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9107 of 2016 (2) dt.23-02-2016 2/2 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 CJM, Bhagalpur in connection with Kotwali (Tilkamanjhi) P.S. Case No.176/2015, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Ashwini/- U T