Sant Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.203 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-21 Year-2020 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Kaimur (Bhabua) ====================================================== 1.

SANT KUMAR SINGH Son of LATE AMARNATH SINGH Resident of Village - Bhaipur kala, P.S.- Adalhat jamalpur, Distt.- Mirzapur. (U. P.) 2.

Nandini Singh W/o Sant Kumar Singh Resident of Village - Bhaipur kala, P.S.- Adalhat jamalpur, Distt.- Mirzapur. (U. P.) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shashi Bhushan Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.A.G.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-08-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State through virtual mode.

Learned counsel for the petitioners is directed to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, within a period of four weeks after restoration of normalcy.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in Mahila P.S. Case No. 21 of 2020 registered under Sections 498A, 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Allegation against the petitioners is of committing torture upon the victim due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The petitioner Nos. 1 & 2 are father-in-law and mother-in-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.203 of 2021(2) dt.23-08-2021 2/2 law respectively. The petitioners have relied upon the judgment of this Court in the case of Md. Naimul Haque Ansari @ Naimul Haque Ansari & Ors. Vs. The State of Bihar, reported in 2006(3) PLJR 182. On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioners are named in the Complaint Case/F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on their personal bond to the satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabua in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No. 21 of 2020 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Once the normalcy is restored, the petitioners shall furnish bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each within a period of eight weeks to the satisfaction of the court concerned in connection with the aforesaid case.

(Sudhir Singh, J) A.K.V.//- U T