Ragni Kumari @ Ragni Kumar @ Ragini Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.82170 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-425 Year-2022 Thana- SHAHPUR PATORI District- Samastipur ====================================================== 1.

RAGNI KUMARI @ RAGNI KUMAR @ RAGINI KUMARI D/O LATE TRILOKI RAY R/O VILLAGE- UTRI DHAMUAN, P.S.- PATORI, DIST.- SAMASTIPUR 2.

VIPTI DEVI WIFE OF LATE TRILOKI RAY R/O VILLAGE- UTRI DHAMUAN, P.S.- PATORI, DIST.- SAMASTIPUR 3.

RAHUL KUMAR SON OF LATE TRILOKI RAY R/O VILLAGE- UTRI DHAMUAN, P.S.- PATORI, DIST.- SAMASTIPUR ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR PATNA ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Bijay Bhushan Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Dr. Ajeet Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 04-01-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 341, 342, 447, 352, 384, 386, 504, 506, 120(B) of the IPC and section 67 of the I.T. (Amended) Act, 2000.

3.

As per the prosecution case, the petitioner no.1 tried to extort money from the brother-in-law of the informant and used to threatened the informant and other family members by flashing pistol. It is further alleged that the petitioner no.1 used to demand Rs.5,00,000/- and in failure to do so, threatened to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82170 of 2023(2) dt.04-01-2024 2/3 kidnap the son of the informant.

4.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. They have been falsely implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. It is submitted that petitioner no.1 is married with the brother-in-law (dewar) of the informant and earlier the petitioner no.1 has filed a case against the husband and his family u/s 498A and other sections of the IPC. Thereafter, the informant has filed the present case against the petitioners. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner nos.2 and 3. There was love affair between the petitioner no.1 and the brother-in-law of the informant and on their sweet will, they solemnized marriage with each other but the family of the husband is not ready to keep the petitioner no.1, therefore, with a view to harass the petitioner no.1, the present case has been filed against her and her family. Petitioner no.3 has no criminal antecedent and petitioner nos.1 and 2 have two criminal antecedent.

5.

Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail. 6.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, since there is no specific overt act against the petitioners, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82170 of 2023(2) dt.04-01-2024 3/3 their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Shahpur Patori P.S. Case No.425 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T