Asha Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60942 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-13 Year-2023 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Madhubani ====================================================== 1.

ASHA DEVI W/O RAJ KUMAR R/O VILLAGE- DHANUKI CHANPURA, P.S- BENIPATTI, DISTT.- MADHUBANI.

2.

PRITISH KUMAR @ PRITISH KUMAR JHA S/O RAJ KUMAR R/O VILLAGE- DHANUKI CHANPURA, P.S- BENIPATTI, DISTT.- MADHUBANI.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR PATNA ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mrs. Vaishnavi Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Choubey Jawahar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 06-10-2023 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 341, 323, 377, 379, 501, 504, 506, 498A, 420 & 120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act.

3. Petitioners are in-laws of the informant. The allegation against the petitioners is that the informant was subjected to demand of dowry and on account of non-fulfillment of the same, she was tortured in various ways resulting into lodging of the present F.I.R.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60942 of 2023(2) dt.06-10-2023 2/2

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that no such occurrence as alleged ever took place. Petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case. The allegation levelled against the petitioners is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. Petitioners are in-laws of the informant and they have no concern with the day to day affairs of the informant or her husband. The husband of the informant is already in judicial custody. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.

5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned lower Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No.13 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Trivedi/- U T