Chhabila Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.46402 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-42 Year-2025 Thana- TURKAULIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.

Chhabila Sah S/o- Late Rajman Sah @ Rajwat Sah Village- Turkauliya Purvavi Tola, W.No-7, P.S-Turkauliya, Dist- East Champaran 2.

Sharda Devi W/o- Chhabita Sah Village- Turkauliya Purvavi Tola, W.No-7, P.S-Turkauliya, Dist- East Champaran 3.

Mukesh Sah S/o- Chhabita Sah Village- Turkauliya Purvavi Tola, W.No-7, P.S-Turkauliya, Dist- East Champaran 4.

Jali Devi W/o- Mukesh Sah Village- Turkauliya Purvavi Tola, W.No-7, P.STurkauliya, Dist- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Sapna Kumari W/o- Rakesh Kumar Village- Chhota Bariyarpur PSChhatauni Dist- East Champaran ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Y. Madhavi, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Meena Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 30-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Turkauliya P.S. Case No. 42 of 2025 instituted under Sections 341, 323, 313, 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46402 of 2025(2) dt.30-07-2025 2/3

3. As per the prosecution case, the accused persons including the petitioners demanded the dowry and due to nonfulfillment of their demand, they tortured the informant and also ousted her from her matrimonial home.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case. Petitioners are in-laws of the informant. They are living separately and have no concern with the informant and her husband. Petitioners have never demanded any dowry and they have never tortured the informant. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Petitioner undertakes to co-operate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioners be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount to each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Turkauliya P.S. Case No. 42 of 2025, subject to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46402 of 2025(2) dt.30-07-2025 3/3 the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) sauravkrsinha/- U T