Ajay Sharma @ Ajay Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38697 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-48 Year-2022 Thana- KAKO District- Jehanabad ====================================================== 1.

AJAY SHARMA @ AJAY KUMAR S/o Late Ragho Singh R/o villageManiyawan, P.S.- Kako, District- Jehanabad 2.

Rita Devi W/o Ajay Sharma @ Ajay Kumar R/o village- Maniyawan, P.S.- Kako, District- Jehanabad 3.

Venkatesh Kumar S/o Ajay Sharma @ Ajay Kumar R/o village- Maniyawan, P.S.- Kako, District- Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shivendra Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shyam Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 19-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned APP for the State.

Learned counsel for the petitioners is directed to remove the defects within four weeks.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under section 498(A), 302, 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The allegation against the petitioners is that they tortured the daughter of the informant on the pretext of demand for dowry. On 08.03.2022, the informant came to know that her daughter was killed and her dead body was being cremated,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38697 of 2022(3) dt.19-12-2022 2/3 therefore the informant suspected that the in-laws of the her daughter burnt her to death.

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. The allegation levelled against the petitioners is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. There is no specific overt act against the petitioners. The petitioners are the in-laws and family members of the deceased. He further submits that the husband of the deceased in already in judicial custody. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent, as also mentioned in para-3 of the bail application.

Learned APP for the State 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) 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 Kako

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38697 of 2022(3) dt.19-12-2022 3/3 P.S. Case No.48 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

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