Rupam Kumari @ Ruprekha Kumari @ Ruprikha Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60427 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1395 Year-2020 Thana- BEGUSARAI COMPLAINT CASE District- Begusarai ====================================================== 1.

Rupam Kumari @ Ruprekha Kumari @ Ruprikha Kumari W/O Abhijeet Kumar Resident of Village- Keshave, P.S- Barauni, Distt.- Begusarai. 2.

Abhijeet Kumar @ Abhijeet Singh @ Abhghit S/O Sri Kaushal Kishore Singh Resident of Village- Keshave, P.S- Barauni, Distt.- Begusarai. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Vinod Gautam For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Abhay Kumar Roy ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 30-09-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 341, 504, 498(A) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have antecedent of one case and the complainant alleges that she was married to Abhinav on 28.06.2012 and after marriage, Rs. 5 Lakhs along with a Swift Dezire car was being demanded by the accused persons by way of additional dowry and the in-laws even tried to kill her as she was not able to conceive.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60427 of 2024(2) dt.30-09-2024 2/3

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the complainant with general and omnibus allegation. It is next submitted that complainant had earlier filed Complaint Case No. 1463c of 2017, but the said case was compromised prior to cognizance being taken. It is next submitted that in Complaint Case No. 1463c of 2017, the husband was an accused, but in the instant case the husband has not been made an accused rather the family members are accused in the instant case, which amply demonstrates that the case has been instituted with ulterior reasons.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Complaint Case No. 1395c of 2020 subject to the conditions as

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60427 of 2024(2) dt.30-09-2024 3/3 laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application is allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T