Gita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.49031 of 2017 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-77 Year-2017 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Gita Devi w/o Vionod Kumar resident of Village- Kaniram ki Kotti, Dharman Chauk, Ara, P.S.- Ara Town, District- Bhojpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajani Ranjan Pd. Singh, Advocate For the State :

SMT SANGEETA SHARMA, APP For the Informant :

Mr. Chandrashekhar Prasad, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-10-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and the counsel for the informant.

The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered under Sections 498A, 313, 420, 120B and 504 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Allegation against the petitioner is of committing torture upon the victim due to non-fulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the victim. She is separate in mess and property from the husband

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.49031 of 2017(2) dt.12-10-2017 2/2 of the victim. The petitioner has 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 and learned counsel for the informant, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Mahila P.S. case No.77 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T