Patna High CourtCR. MISC./50352/2018bail granted

Santosh Sahni And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

2018-09-25Mr. Justice Sudhir Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.50352 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -2 Year- 2018 Thana -MAHILA PS District- EASTCHAMPARAN (MOTIHARI) ======================================================

1. Santosh Sahni Son of late Nageshwar Sahni Resident of Village- Chhota Bariyarpur, P.S. Chhatauni, District- East Champaran.

2. Rinku Devi D/o late Ramdev Choudhary Resident of Village- Sonarpur, P.S.- Kesariya, District- East Champaran.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Krishna Kant Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shyam Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-09-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under Sections 341, 504, 323, 506, 406, 494, 498A/34 498A of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Allegation against the petitioners is of committing torture upon the victim due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The case is triable by the Magistrate. The

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.50352 of 2018 (3) dt.25-09-2018 petitioners have 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 State, it is submitted that the petitioners are named in the Complaint Case/F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of arrest/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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with East Champaran Mahila P.S. Case No. 02 of 2018 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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