Hayat Alam S/O Aijaz Ahmed And ANR v. The State Of Maharashtra And ANR

Rane 1/3 ABA-133-2020 (SR.910)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 133 OF 2020

1. Hayat Alam S/o. Aijaz Ahmed

2. Nagam Hayat Alam .Applicants ...

v/s.

The State of Maharashtra .Respondent ...

**** Mr. Ram Mani Upadhyay, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. S.R. Agarkar, APP for the State.

CORAM : SANDEEP K. SHINDE, J.

Friday, 17 th January, 2020.

P.C. :

1.

Heard.

2.

Applicants are the permanent residents of Mumbai, Maharashtra. They are seeking prearrest bail in Crime No. 700/2019 registered with Kotwali Police Station, District-Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh for the offences punishable under

Rane 2/3 ABA-133-2020 (SR.910) Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506, 342, 313, 494 and 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 alongwith Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act read with Section 4 of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019. The applicants are seeking anticipatory bail for a period of three weeks. The subject offence has been registered by the wife of applicant no.1 in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Applicants are seeking reasonable time to approach the Court of competent jurisdiction to seek the relief of pre-arrest bail.

3.

Since the applicants are residents of Mumbai, Maharashtra they are hereby granted prearrest bail for a period of four weeks i.e.upto th February, 2020 to enable them to approach the court of competent jurisdiction.

4.

It is made expressly clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the matter. 5.

In view of the facts of the case, in the event of arrest of the applicants in C.R. No.700 of 2019 registered with of Kotwali Police Station,

Rane 3/3 ABA-133-2020 (SR.910) District-Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, they shall be released on bail on furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rs. Twenty Thousand only) each with one or two sureties in the like sum.

6.

The applicants shall not tamper with the evidence or attempt to influence or contact the complainant, witnesses or any person concerned with the case.

7.

The Anticipatory Bail Application stands disposed off.

(SANDEEP K. SHINDE, J.)