Most. Saraswati Kunwar @ Saraswati Devi v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.52766 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -1491 Year- 2013 Thana -GOPALGANJ COMPLAINT CASE DistrictGOPALGANJ ====================================================== MOST. SARASWATI KUNWAR @ SARASWATI DEVI Wife of late Dina Yadav Residents of Village- Doma Hata, P.S. Manjhagarh, DistrictGopalganj. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Vimal Devi wife of Achhe Lal Yadav D/o Thakur Prasad Resident of Village- Hajiapur, P.S.+ District- Gopalganj. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Dhramveer, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Ashok Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-11-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 498(A), 406, 494, 323 and 504 of the IPC.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner tortured the victim due to nonfulfillment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.52766 of 2017 (2) dt.09-11-2017 2/2 petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The case is triable by the Magistrate. The petitioner is in-laws of the victim. She is separate in mess and property from the husband of the victim. The petitioner has 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 learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or 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 the learned C.J.M. Gopalganj, in connection with Complaint Case No. 1491 of 2013, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T