Maheshwar Mandal And ORS v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.54569 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -233 Year- 2017 Thana -KHARIK District- BHAGALPUR ======================================================

1. Maheshwar Mandal, S/o Late Chaturbhuj Mandal @ Chaturi Mandal,

2. Veena Devi @ Mina Devi W/o Maheshwar Mandal,

3. Rajesh Mandal @ Rajesh Kumar S/o Maheshwar Mandal, All R/o Vill.- Laxmipur Lalganj, P.S.- Biharganj, District- Madhepura. .... .... Petitioners

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Saraswati Devi, D/o Triloki Mandal, W/o Rajesh Mandal, R/o Vill.- Athgama, P.O.- Akidatpur, P.S.- Kharik, District- Bhagalpur. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioners : Mr. Arjun Kumar, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Rana Randhir Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-10-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 498(A), 494, 323, 504, 506 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 victim due to nonfulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.54569 of 2018 (2) dt.01-10-2018 2/3 There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The petitioners are in-laws of the victim. They are separate in mess and property from the husband of the victim. The case is triable by the Magistrate. 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.

On behalf of the learned counsels for the State and opposite party no. 2, it has been submitted that the petitioners are named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M., Naugachiya, Bhagalpur, in connection with Kharik P.S. Case No. 233 of 2017, G.R. No. 1583 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.54569 of 2018 (2) dt.01-10-2018 3/3 If so advised, either of the parties will be at liberty to make an application before the court below for referring the matter to the District Mediation Centre for the purpose of reconciliation or one time settlement.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T