Patna High CourtCR. MISC./55271/2017bail granted

Kausar Khatoon @ Kausar Jahan And ANR v. State Of Bihar And ANR

2017-11-23Mr. Justice Sudhir Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.55271 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -237 Year- 2016 Thana -SITAMARHI COMPLAINT CASE DistrictSITAMARHI ======================================================

1. Kausar Khatoon @ Kausar Jahan

2. Md. Qamruzama @ Kamruzama .... .... Petitioners

Versus

1. State of Bihar

2. Sadiya Khatun .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Md. Kamran For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Pawan Kumar Chaurasiya ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-11-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the O.P. No.2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case instituted under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of D.P. Act.

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 petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner no.1 is father-in-law of the victim and

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.55271 of 2017 (2) dt.23-11-2017 2/2 the petitioner no.2 is mother-in-law of the victim. They are separate in mess and property from the husband of the victim. The case is triable by the Magistrate. The petitioners have further relied upon the judgment of this court, in the case of Md. Naimul Haque Ansari Vs. The State of Bihar, reported in 2006(3) PLJR 182.

On behalf of the State and counsel for the O.P. No.2, it has been submitted that the petitioners are named in the Complaint Case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners above named be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with C.R No.237/2016 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Pupri, Sitamarhi, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Amit/- U T