Meera Shrivastava @ Meera Sinha And ANR v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.33865 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -2351 Year- 2012 Thana -SARAN COMPLAINT CASE DistrictSARAN ======================================================
1. Meera Shrivastava @ Meera Sinha, W/o Ajeet Kumar Rakesh,
2. Ajeet Kumar Rakesh S/o late Siyawar Sharan, Both Resident of Mohalla- Gudri Bazar, Takkar More, Salapatganj, Loyala Academy Lane, P.S.- Bhagwan Bazar, Distt.- Chapra.
.... .... Petitioners
Versus
1. The State of Bihar.
2. Nagendra Kumar Verma S/o Krishna Kumar Verma, R/o VillageMohalla- Bhagwan Bagar, P.S.- Bhagwan Bazar , District- Saran. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioners : Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocate. For the Opposite State : Mr. Kalyan Shankar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-07-2017 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.
The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 2351/2012, Tr. No. 957/2017 for the offences instituted under Section 498(A) of the IPC., and 3⁄4 of the D.P. Act.
The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioners tortured the complainant due to non-fulfilment 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 with the witnesses alleged against the petitioners.
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33865 of 2017 (2) dt.20-07-2017 2/2 The case is triable by the Magistrate. They have falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The petitioners have further 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. The petitioners are the mother-in-law and father-in-law respectively of the victim. They are separate in mess and property from the husband of the victim.
On behalf of the learned counsels for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioners are named in the complaint case.
Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners above named, 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 in connection with Complaint Case No. 2351 of 2012, Tr. No. 957 of 2017 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Saran at Chapra, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T