Om Prakash Sah @ Om Prakash Gupta And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.594 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -3 Year- 2014 Thana -MAHESHKHUNT District- KHAGARIA ======================================================

1. Om Prakash Sah @ Om Prakash Gupta.

2. Manju Devi @ Nirmala Devi.

.... .... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioners : Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Umanath Mishra, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-01-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Maheshkhunt P.S. Case No. 03 of 2014 for the offences instituted under Sections 498(A) and 304(B)/34 of the IPC.

The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant due to non-fulfilment of dowry demand by the accused persons. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioner no. 1 is the father-in-law and petitioner no. 2 is the mother-in-law of the deceased. They are separate in mess and

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.594 of 2017 (2) dt.11-01-2017 2/2 property from the husband of the deceased.

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 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 Maheshkhunt P.S. Case No. 03/2014, G.R. No. 57/2014 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., Khagaria, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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