Awdhesh Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66298 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-140 Year-2021 Thana- MAHUA District- Vaishali ====================================================== 1.

AWDHESH KUMAR SINGH S/o Late Sakaldeep Singh R/o villageKanhauli, P.S.- Mahua, District- Vaishali 2.

Punam Sinha W/o Awdhesh Kumar Singh R/o village- Kanhauli, P.S.- Mahua, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioners :

Mr.Shashi Bhushan Singh, Advocate For the State :

Mr.Upendra Kumar, APP For the informant :

Mr. Prakash Chandra, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-12-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant. Counsel for the petitioners is directed to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, within a period of eight weeks.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Mahua P.S. case No.140/2021 registered under Sections 304(B), 201, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code. Allegation is that the accused persons including the petitioners caused death of the daughter of the informant due to non-fulfilment of demand of dowry.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66298 of 2021(2) dt.16-12-2021 2/2 the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent and there is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner No.1 is father-in-law and petitioner NO.2 is mother-in-law of the deceased. They are separate in mess and property from the husband of the deceased. The husband of the deceased is in custody.

On behalf of the State and learned counsel for the informant, it is submitted that the petitioners are not named in the complaint case/F.I.R.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Vaishali at Hazipur in connection with Mahua P.S. case No.140/2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Narendra/- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T