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Manoj Kumar @ Gulfi Sah @ Gulfi Sao v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC20 Feb 2024CR. MISC./6741/2024

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What is this about?

Single Judge High Court allowed anticipatory bail to four family members in a dowry death case. The court noted the allegations were general and omnibus, the marriage occurred seven years ago, and the husband had already been granted regular bail.

What did the court decide?

Anticipatory bail granted on furnishing bail bond of ₹10,000 each with two sureties of like amount within four weeks.

Manoj Kumar @ Gulfi Sah @ Gulfi Sao Vs The State of Bihar — Dowry and Cruelty | Patna HC (2024)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6741 of 2024

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-372 Year-2023 Thana- MANER District- Patna

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Manoj Kumar @ Gulfi Sah @ Gulfi Sao S/O KRISHNA SAH @ KRISHNA SAW VILLAGE- BADAR TOLA HALDI CHHAPRA, PS. MANER, DIST. PATNA.

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SRAWAN SAH @ Srawan Kumar S/O KRISHNA SAH @ KRISHNA SAW VILLAGE- BADAR TOLA, HALDI CHHAPRA, PS. MANER, DIST. PATNA.

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KAUSHALYA DEVI W/O KRISHNA SAH @ KRISHNA SAW VILLAGEBADAR TOLA, HALDI CHHAPRA, PS. MANER, DIST. PATNA.

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KRISHNA SAH @ KRISHNA SAW S/O PRABHU DAYALSAH VILLAGE- BADAR TOLA, HALDI CHHAPRA, PS. MANER, DIST. PATNA.

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar

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SUNIL SAH S/O MAHESH SAH VILLAGE- MUBARAK PUR KRISHI FORM, PS. SAHPUR, DIST. PATNA.

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... ... Opposite Party/s

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Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. D. K. Sinha, Sr. Adv. Ms. Akansha Malviya Mr.Alexander Ashok Mr. Anil Srivastava For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Syed Ehteshamuddin ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER

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2 20-02-2024 1. Heard learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

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This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Maner Police Station Case No. 372 of 2023, dated 20.05.2023, disclosing offences punishable under Sections 304-B/302/201 of the Indian Penal Code.

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The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report, is that the marriage of the daughter of the informant was

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6741 of 2024(2) dt.20-02-2024 2/4

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solemnized with co-accused Dilip Sah in the year 2015. It has been alleged that after the marriage, the accused persons started demanding a sum of Rs. 1,00,000/- and one motorcycle as dowry and due to non-fulfillment of the said demand, they used to torture the daughter of the informant. On 20.05.2023, in the evening, the informant got information that her daughter has hanged herself and has died. When the informant along with his family members arrived at the matrimonial home of his daughter, he found that nobody was there in the house and the villagers told that after keeping the dead body of her daughter in a bag, the same has been thrown in River Ganges.

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Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the family members of the deceased and the petitioner nos. 1 and 2 are her cousin dewars and petitioner nos. 3 and 4 are her mother-in-law and fatherin-law. The allegation is general and omnibus in nature against all the family members. As per the First Information Report, the marriage was solemnized in the year 2015 and the alleged occurrence has taken place on 20.05.2023, i.e. aftert lapse of seven years, as such,

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6741 of 2024(2) dt.20-02-2024 3/4

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Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code is not made out. The informant has filed a petition before the learned District Court, stating therein that his daughter has died due to jaundice and the cremation of the dead body was done by the family members, i.e. the petitioners. The husband of the deceased, Dilip Sah, has been granted regular bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court, vide order, dated 17.10.2023, passed in Criminal Misc. No. 67153 of 2023.

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Regards being had to the submissions advanced on behalf of the parties and taking into consideration the fact that the marriage wazs solemnized in the year 2015, i.e. more than seven years back, the allegation against the petitioners is general and omnibus in nature, the husband of the deceased has been granted regular bail by this Court and the petitioners are the family members of the deceased, I am inclined to grant the petitioners privilege of anticipatory bail.

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This application is, accordingly, allowed.

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Let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be released on bail on

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6741 of 2024(2) dt.20-02-2024 4/4

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furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1^st Class, Danaqpur, Patna, in connection with Maner Police Station Case No. 372 of 2023, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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(Anil Kumar Sinha, J.)

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Prabhakar Anand/-

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