Nitu Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37170 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-196 Year-2018 Thana- HATHUA District- Gopalganj ====================================================== 1.

Nitu Devi, Aged about 35 years, Female, Wife of Shailendra Prasad, Resident of Dhruwa Quarter N.B.-2297, P.S.-Dhurwa, District-Ranchi (Jharkhand).

2.

Parasnath Prasad @ Parasnath Sah, Aged about 70 years, Male, Son of Late Bhawnath Sah, Resident of Dhruwa Quarter N.B.-2297, P.S.-Dhurwa, District-Ranchi (Jharkhand).

3.

Bachan @ Bachani Devi @ Bachara Devi, Aged about 65 years, Female, Wife of Parasnath Prasad @ Parasnath Sah, Resident of Dhruwa Quarter N.B.-2297, P.S.-Dhurwa, District-Ranchi (Jharkhand). 4.

Shashikant Sah @ Sachidanand Prasad, Aged about 45 years, Male, Son of Parasnath Prasad @ Parasnath Sah, Resident of Dhruwa Quarter N.B.-2297, P.S.-Dhurwa, District-Ranchi (Jharkhand).

5.

Malti Devi, Aged about 50 years, Female, Wife of Anirudh Prasad, Resident of Dhruwa Quarter N.B.-2297, P.S.-Dhurwa, District-Ranchi (Jharkhand). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Amrendra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Raj Kishore Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 19-06-2019 Heard both sides.

Petitioners apprehend their arrest in Hathua P.S. Case No.196 of 2018, registered under Sections 498A, 504 and 34 of the Indian penal Code and under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

The informant made omnibus and general allegations against her husband and all other in-laws that they started demanding additional dowry and drove out the informant from

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37170 of 2019(2) dt.19-06-2019 2/2 the house due to non-fulfillment of demand of additional dowry. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are sister-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law of the informant. They have no manner of concern with the family affairs of the informant and her husband.

Taking into consideration the facts and nature of allegations made against the petitioners and the fact that the petitioners are in-laws of the informant, let petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of this order, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Gopalganj in connection with Hathua P.S. Case No.196 of 2018, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. (Prabhat Kumar Jha, J) S.KUMAR/- U T