Suresh Rai And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.15206 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -216 Year- 2017 Thana -BENIPATTI District- MADHUBANI ======================================================

1. Suresh Rai, S/o Ram Pratap Rai,

2. Nirmala Devi W/o Suresh Rai, Both are R/o Village- Damu, P.S.- Basopatti, District- Madhubani.

.... .... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioners : Mr. Malay Kumar Choudhary, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Rajballabh Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-03-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 498(A), 304(B) and 201/34 of the IPC.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioners killed the deceased 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. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15206 of 2018 (2) dt.16-03-2018 2/2 implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased. They are separate in mess and property from the husband of the deceased. The husband of the deceased is in jail. On behalf of the learned counsel for the State, 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. Benipatti, in connection with Benipatti P.S. Case No. 216 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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