The court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioners, apprehending arrest in a case involving dowry harassment and related offences, releasing them on bond with sureties within six weeks.
Release of petitioners on bail upon arrest or surrender within six weeks, bond Rs. 25,000 each with two sureties of like amount.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12286 of 2023
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-360 Year-2022 Thana- PATNA COMPLAINT CASE DistrictPatna
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... ... Petitioner/s
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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vinay Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Khurshid Anwar Mr. Sanjeet Kumar Mr. Ajit Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER
Heard the parties.
The petitioners apprehends their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 323, 504, 498 A and 406 of the Indian Penal Code and ¾ of D.P. Act.
Petitioners, who are the in-laws of the complainant have said to assaulted the complainant and also ousted her out from her matrimonial home on the pretext of non-fulfillment of demand for dowry.
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. No such occurrence, in the
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manner as alleged, has ever taken place. The allegation levelled against the petitioners is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. There is no specific overt act against the petitioners. The husband of the complainant has already been granted anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 12.06.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No.19289 of 2023. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent.
Learned APP for the State as well as learned counsel for the complainant opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.
Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case as there is no specific overt act against the petitioenrs, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of 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 Complaint Case No.360 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners in a case involving offences under Sections 323, 504, 498-A, 406 IPC and Section 138 NI Act.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
RAJ KUMAR SINGH
MEENA DEVI
THE STATE OF BIHAR
RUBI DEVI
ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN
As recorded by the court registry
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