Premlata Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3981 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-533 Year-2024 Thana- RAJIVNAGAR District- Patna ====================================================== 1.

Premlata Devi, W/o Suresh Prasad Shoor Resident of Village- Chechar Bhag Tola, P.O.- Chechar, P.S.- Bidupur, District- Vaishali. 2.

Suresh Prasad Shoor, Son of Late Gulzar Bhagat Resident of Mohalla- Flat No.604A, Win Some Empire Aptt. Digha AIIMS Elevated Road, Nahar Road, East Gola Road, Near Pillar No.242, P.S.- Danapur, District- Patna. 3.

Kumar Vikramaditya, Son of Suresh Prasad Shoor Resident of Village Chechar Baghtola, P.O.- Chechar, P.S.- Bidupur, District- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Jai Shankar Pathak, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ravi Shankar Pankaj, Advocate Mr. Mithilesh Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Binod Kumar No.3, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-02-2025

1. Heard Mr. Jai Shankar Pathak, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. Ravi Shankar Pankaj, learned counsel for the O.P. No. 2 and Mr. Binod Kumar No.3, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Rajiv Nagar P. S. Case No. No. 533 of 2024 dated 03.09.2024 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Section(s) 341, 323, 379, 498A read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. Heard both the sides, perused the FIR and the order of the trial court rejecting the petitioners' prayer for

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3981 of 2025(2) dt.12-02-2025 2/2 anticipatory bail.

4. In view of the facts and circumstances and considering the averments made in the petition, and mainly petitioners' the pleas that all the petitioners are in-laws of the informant and against them there is no specific allegation with regard to the alleged demand of dowry and cruelty, and before the registration of the FIR, the husband of the informant had filed a matrimonial suit under Section 12 (1) (c) of Hindu Marriage Act with a prayer to declare the marriage between the son of petitioner no.1 and informant to be null and void, in my opinion, it is a fit case for anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, let the petitioners named-above, in the event of their arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Rajiv Nagar P. S. Case No. 533 of 2024 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.

(Shailendra Singh, J) Rajiv/- U T