Petitioners, in-laws of the deceased, sought anticipatory bail in a dowry death case alleging general and omnibus accusations without specific overt acts. The court, considering the facts, circumstances and nature of the offence, declined relief and rejected the anticipatory bail prayer.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52087 of 2024
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-780 Year-2023 Thana- BEGUSARAI TOWN District- Begusarai
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Amit Kumar Jha For the State : Mr. Shailendra Kumar For the Informant : Mr. Sandip Kumar Gautam ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER
A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52087 of 2024(5) dt.09-12-2024 2/2
the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. The allegation levelled against the petitioners is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. He submits that there is no specific overt act against the petitioners. He further submits that petitioners are in-laws of the deceased and they are separate in metes and bounds from the deceased and her husband. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J)
anand/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether petitioners apprehending arrest for dowry death under Sections 304(B)/34 IPC and Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act should be enlarged on anticipatory bail.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Gokhalesh Mishra
Sunita Devi
Bhalloo Mishra @ Chandan Kumar
The State of Bihar
Anjani Kumar Sharan
As recorded by the court registry
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