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2025 DAILYLAW 27951 (PAT)

Santu Ram v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./18409/2025 · 2025-04-18

S B P Singh

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18409 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-624 Year-2019 Thana- BUXAR COMPLAINT CASE District- Buxar ====================================================== 1. Santu Ram S/o Bir Bachan Ram R/o vill - Mahdah, P.S.- Buxar, District- Buxar 2. Chourasiya Devi W/o Bir Bachan Ram R/o vill - Mahdah, P.S.- Buxar, District- Buxar 3. Mangru Ram @ Chandrakant Ram S/o Bir Bachan Ram R/o vill - Mahdah, P.S.- Buxar, District- Buxar 4. Visuli Ram @ Bijali Ram S/o Bir Bachan Ram R/o vill - Mahdah, P.S.- Buxar, District- Buxar 5. Bir Bachan Ram S/o Late Shiv Nath Ram R/o vill - Mahdah, P.S.- Buxar, District- Buxar ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Meena Devi W/o Pintu Ram R/o vill - Mahdah (Mhahdh), P.S.- Buxar (Muffasil), Distt.- Buxar, at present D/o Hareram Ram, Vill - Balihar, P.O. - Dulahpur, P.s. - Simri, Distt.- Buxar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Binod Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Shailendra Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case wherein cognizance has been taken under Sections 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 /4 Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18409 of 2025(2) dt.18-04-2025 2/3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusations are of torture for demand of dowry, making assault and ousting the complainant from her matrimonial house for non-fulfillment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are innocent and they have falsely been implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioners. The petitioners are brothers-in-law, mother-in-law and father-in-law of the complainant and they have no concern with the day-to-day live of the complainant and her husband. Moreover, the petitioners live separately from the complainant and her husband. A statement has been made in para 3 of the petition that petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the facts aforesaid, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be released on bail on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousands) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18409 of 2025(2) dt.18-04-2025 3/3 learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in connection with Complaint Case No. 624(C) of 2019. Shageer/- (S. B. Pd. Singh, J) U T