Damodar Prasad And ANR v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.13008 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -77 Year- 2015 Thana -PATNA COMPLAINT CASE District- PATNA ======================================================

1. Damodar Prasad, Son of Late Srinath Kumar.

2. Usha Prasad, Wife of Damodar Prasad Both resident of Mohalla-New Police Line, Kashyap Nagar, Police StationNawada, Ara, District-Bhojpur, Ara, District-Bhojpur, Ara. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. Priya Sinha @ Soni @ Sonu, Wife of Anjani Kumar, D/o Surendra Prasad Sinha, resident of C/O Shyama Devi, Street No. 8, Road No. 14B Samrat Colony, Ashok Nagar, Kankarbagh, Police Station-Kankarbagh, District-Patna.

.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Makardhwaj Upadhyay For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Ansarul Haque ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 23-05-2017 Heard both sides.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in Complaint Case No.77C of 2015 registered for the offences punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

The complainant made allegation of demand of dowry and torture against her husband and the petitioners who are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the complainant. It appears that the husband of the complainant firstly filed a petition for restitution of conjugal rite, but the complainant did not respond

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13008 of 2017 (3) dt.23-05-2017 positively. Thereafter, her husband filed divorce case. Considering the facts aforesaid and the fact that the petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the complainant, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the order, be released on bail 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., Patna in connection with Complaint Case No.77C of 2015, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Prabhat Kumar Jha, J) Arvind/- U T