Shankar Panjiyara v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60621 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-587 Year-2018 Thana- AMARPUR District- Banka ====================================================== 1.

SHANKAR PANJIYARA Son of Late Bhuneshwar Panjiyara Resident of Village - Mujahidpur, P.S.- Amarpur, Distt - Banka. 2.

Meena Devi Wife of Shankar Panjiyara Resident of Village - Mujahidpur, P.S.- Amarpur, Distt - Banka.

3.

Bharat Bharti @ Bharat Kumar Bharti Son of Ravindra Mal Resident of Mohalla - and P.S.- Guljarbagh, Distt - Godda. 4.

Kiran Devi @ Smt.Kiran Kumari Wife of Bharat @ Bharat Kumar Bharti Resident of Mohalla - and P.S.- Guljarbagh, Distt - Godda. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

THE STATE OF BIHAR 2.

Nisha Kumari Wife of Mithilesh Kumar, D/o Vakil Mandal Resident of Village - Nagri, P.S.- Panjwara, Distt - Banka. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Dhananjay Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Yogendra Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 16-10-2019 Heard both sides.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in Amarpur P.S. case No. 587 of 2018 registered under Section 498A of the IPC and u/s 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

The informant alleged that her husband and other inlaws subjected her to all sorts of torture due to non fulfillment of additional demand of dowry and they assaulted her and tried to kill her by sprinkling kerosene oil but she somehow managed to flee away.

The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60621 of 2019(2) dt.16-10-2019 2/2 petitioners are father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law of the informant. The informant has got dispute with her husband and petitioners have no manner of concern with the family affairs of the informant and her husband but the petitioners have been made accused only because they are inlaws of the informant. Considering the facts aforesaid and nature of allegation made against the petitioners and the fact that petitioners are in-laws of the informant, the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest/ surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order are directed to be enlarged on bail on their furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka in connection with Amarpur P.S. case No. 587 of 2018, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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