Ankita Kumari @ Ankit Kumari And ORS v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.27735 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -14 Year- 2017 Thana -MAHILA PS District- AURANGABAD ======================================================
1. Ankita Kumari @ Ankit Kumari, daughter of Prem Kumar Maurya,
2. Prem Kumar Maurya, son of Late Ganesh Prasad,
3. Manju Devi, wife of Prem Kumar Maurya,
4. Manoj Kumar Maurya, son of Late Ganesh Prasad,
5. Rina Devi, wife of Manoj Kumar Maurya, all residents of Village+PO+PS- Tandawa, District- Aurangabad. .... .... Petitioners
Versus
The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ram Priya Saran Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-07-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State.
The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No. 14 of 2017 for the offences instituted under Sections 498A, 307, 379 of the Indian Penal Code.
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 allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27735 of 2017 (3) dt.13-07-2017 2/2 petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner no.1 is sister-in-law of the victim, petitioner no.2 is father-in-law of the victim, petitioner no.3 is mother-in-law of the victim, petitioner no.4 and petitioner no.5 are uncle-in-law and Aunty-in-law of the victim. 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 @ Naimul Haque Ansari & Ors 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 Mahila P.S. Case No. 14 of 2017 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., Aurangabad, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(Sudhir Singh, J) Amit/- U T