Runa Kumari @ Runa Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56639 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-254 Year-2020 Thana- WARISNAGAR District- Samastipur ====================================================== 1.

RUNA KUMARI @ RUNA DEVI W/O ANAND JHA Resident of Chhatneswar, P.S.- Warisnagar, District- Samastipur (Bihar) 2.

Anand Jha @ Ladoo @ Anand Kishore Jha @ Dadu S/o Ganga Jha @ Uday Kant Jha Resident of Chhatneswar, P.S.- Warisnagar, District- Samastipur (Bihar) 3.

Ganga Jha @ Uday Kant Jha S/o Late Ram Chandra Jha Resident of Chhatneswar, P.S.- Warisnagar, District- Samastipur (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Deepak Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Surendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-11-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

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

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case initially registered under Sections 307, 498(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act and later on, Section-304B of the Indian Penal Code was also added.

Allegation against the petitioners is of committing torture and causing death of the victim due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56639 of 2021(2) dt.16-11-2021 2/2 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 petitioner Nos. 1, 2 & 3 are sister-in-law (Gotani), brother-in-law and father-inlaw of the deceased respectively. They are separate in mess and property from husband of the deceased. They have got no concern with the alleged occurrence.

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 furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in connection with Warisnagar P.S. Case No. 254 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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