Sunita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.75919 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-20 Year-2024 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== 1.

Sunita Devi W/O Sharvan Kumar @ Sharvan Kumar Singh Resident of Village- Jhandapur, P.S-Jhandapur(Bihpur), Dist.-Bhagalpur. 2.

Puja Devi @ Puja Kumari @ Pooja Devi W/O Sachin Kumar R/O VillageJhandapur, P.S- Bihpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur, presently residing at Puja Devi @ Puja Kumari, W/o- Sachin Kumar, D/O- Ramesh Mahto, R/O VillagePhuhiya, P.S- Sohma, Distt.- Samstipur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioners :

Mr. Ashok Kumar Yadav, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Harendra Prasad, APP For the Informant :

Mr. Dhramveer, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-01-2025 Heard learned counsels for the parties.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a complaint case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498A, 341, 323, 504 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, there is allegation of commission of torture and harassment due to non-fulfillment of demand for dowry.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that Petitioner No. 1 is mother-in-law of the informant and Petitioner No. 2 is first wife of husband of informant. Petitioners

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75919 of 2024(2) dt.18-01-2025 2/2 are victim of over implication. Specific accusation is against husband of the informant. Petitioners are separate in mess & property and have got no concern with the affairs of the informant and her husband. Petitioners claim clean antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the petitioners, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Naugachia, District- Bhagalpur, in connection with Naugachia Mahila P.S. Case No. 20 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T