Sonia Devi @ Shanti Devi @ Masomat Shanti Devi And ANR v. State Of Bihar And ANR
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.36181 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -26 Year- 2016 Thana -KHARAGPUR District- MUNGER ======================================================
1. Sonia Devi @ Shanti Devi @ Masomat Shanti Devi, wife of late Nokhe Lal Sah
2. Ganesh Sah @ Ganesh Kumar Sah @ Ganesh Kumar, son of late Nokhe Lal Sah .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. State of Bihar
2. Kaushaliya Devi, wife of Manmohan Sah and daughter of Raghunandan Sah .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Zainul Abedin, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-08-2016 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State.
The petitioners being mother and brother of the husband of the informant are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section498A/34 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 accusation is omnibus and general against the entire inlaws family including the petitioners. Moreover, the thrust of accusation is against the husband of the informant.
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36181 of 2016 (2) dt.22-08-2016 2/2 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 CJM, Munger, in connection with G. r. No.197/2016 arising out of Kharagpur P.S. Case No.26/2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Ashwini/- U T