Manoj Mandal And ANR v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.30270 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -177 Year- 2015 Thana -SULTANGANJ District- BHAGALPUR ======================================================
1. Manoj Mandal Son of late Gauri Mandal
2. Sunita Devi@Resham Kumari wife of Manoj Mandal Both Resident of Purani Durga Sthan, Gali, Police station Sultanganj District Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Davendra Kumar Pandey, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Gopesh Kumar (APP) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-08-2016 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners being the uncle and aunt of the husband of the daughter of the informant are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The basic accusation is of torture and causing burn injuries to the daughter of the informant within few months of the marriage for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand. It is alleged by the informant that in the hospital his daughter conveyed to him that fire was lit by her husband Sivam Mandal, father-in-law Bhanu Mandal and the petitioners Manoj Mandal and Sunita Devi. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the accusation is omnibus and general and the petitioners
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30270 of 2016 (3) dt.10-08-2016 2/2 claim to be separate from the husband of the daughter of the informant who has been granted regular bail.
Mr. J.N. Thakur, leanred APP, after going through the case diary, submits that the accusation is specific against the petitioners and grievous injury has been caused to the victim. Considering the nature of accusation, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Let the learned court below consider the prayer for regular bail of the petitioners if they surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 177 of 2015 pending in the court of learned CJM, Bhagalpur. Accordingly, the application is disposed of.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Amrendra/- U T