Shankar Chauhan @ Sri Shankar Chauhan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63165 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-319 Year-2023 Thana- BARUN District- Aurangabad ====================================================== 1.

Shankar Chauhan @ Sri Shankar Chauhan Son Of Late Ram Sundar Chauhan Village- Siris, P.S.- Barun, District- Aurangabad. At Present R/O New Colony, Kharikabad, Kusunda, District- Dhanbad (JHARKHAND) 2.

Maina Devi Wife Of Sri Shankar Chauhan @ Shankar Chauhan VillageSiris, P.S.- Barun, District- Aurangabad. At Present R/O New Colony, Kharikabad, Kusunda, District- Dhanbad (JHARKHAND) ... ... Petitioners

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

Chandani Chauhan Wife Of Sunny Chauhan Village- Siris, P.S.- Barun, District- Aurangabad. At Present R/O Village- Jamuhara, P.S.- Obra, DistAurangabad ... ... Opposite Partys ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Dashrath Mehta, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 17-10-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Barun P.S. Case No. 319 of 2023 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 498-A, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per prosecution case, there is allegation of dowry torture made by the accused persons including petitioners.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the informant.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63165 of 2023(2) dt.17-10-2023 2/2 Both petitioners are living separately from their son. Petitioner no. 1 is in service of BCCL Dhanbad as foreman and both petitioners are living in Dhanbad. They have no concern with the affairs of the informant and her husband. There is no specific allegation against the petitioners. Petitioners have no criminal antecedents.

5. Learned APP opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the order, be released on 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 concerned Court where the case is pending in connection with Barun P.S. Case No. 319 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) shweta/- U T