Bishundeo Mehta @ Bishun Mehta And ANR v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.75888 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-505 Year-2018 Thana- FORBESGANJ District- Araria ======================================================
1. Bishundeo Mehta @ Bishun Mehta Son of Late Sonai Mehta
2. Rekha Devi Wife of Bishundeo Mehta Both Resident of Village-Mirzapur,P.S. Simraha,Distt.-Araria ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Mukesh Kumar Rana For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nand Kishore Pd ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-01-2019 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Forbesganj (Simraha) Police Station Case No. 505 of 2018, disclosing offences under Sections 341, 323, 498A, 504 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
The petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the informant.
Learned Counsel for the petitioners appears to be correct in his submission that allegation of demand of dowry is general and omnibus.
Considering the above, this application is allowed.
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.75888 of 2018(3) dt.09-01-2019 2/2 Let the petitioners, Bishundeo Mehta @ Bishun Mehta and Rekha Devi, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Araria, in connection with Forbesganj (Simraha) Police Station Case No. 505 of 2018, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
This is subject to the condition that the petitioners shall present themselves before the police/Court, as the case may be, as and when required and in the event of failure on their part to appear before the Court on two consecutive occasions, their bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled. (Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J.) ragini/- U √ T √