Saifullah Ansari @ Safiullah Ansari And ORS v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.42278 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -253 Year- 2016 Thana -SUGAULI DistrictEASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI) ======================================================

1. Saifullah Ansari @ Safiullah Ansari,

2. Akidan Khatoon W/o Saifullah Ansari,

3. Rabina Khatoon @ Robina Khatoon W/o Sajjad Ansari, All R/o Chhotka Bucha, P.S.- Sugauli, District- East Champaran. .... .... Petitioners

Versus

1. The State of Bihar .

2. Noor Naz Khatoon W/o Zahir, Ansari, R/o Village- Chhotka Bucha, P.S.- Sugauli, District- East Champaran.

.... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shakil Ahmad Khan For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Shailendra Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-09-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Sugali P.S. Case No. 253 of 2016 for the offences instituted under Sections 341, 323, 498(A), 379, 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 D.P. Act.

The allegation against the petitioners is of committing torture upon the victim due to non-fulfillment of the demand of dowry.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42278 of 2017 (2) dt.15-09-2017 2/2 allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case. The case is triable by the Magistrate. The petitioners are in-laws of the informant. They are separate in mess and property from the husband of the victim. The petitioners have further relied upon the judgment of this court, in the case of Md. Naimul Haque Ansari Vs. The State of Bihar, reported in 2006(3) PLJR 182.

On behalf of the State, it has been submitted that the petitioners are named in the F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners above named be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Sugali P.S. Case No. 253 of 2016 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M, East Champaran at Motihari, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Amit/- U