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NAFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR

MCRCA No. 1498 of 2020

1. Smt. Rajmuni Devi, W/o Shravan Sao, Aged About 60 Years, R/o

Village Lawa, Out Post Vijay Nagar Police Station Ramanujganj,

District- Balrampur, Ramanujganj, Chhattisgarh.

2. Smt. Reena Devi, W/o Ramashankar, Aged About 25 Years, R/o

Village Lawa, Out Post Vijay Nagar Police Station Ramanujganj,

District- Balrampur, Ramanujganj, Chhattisgarh.

3. Smt. Fhulwanti Devi, W/o Ramashankar, Aged About 27 Years, R/o

Village Lawa, Out Post Vijay Nagar Police Station Ramanujganj,

District- Balrampur, Ramanujganj, Chhattisgarh.

---- Applicants

Versus

• State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Out Post- Vijay Nagar Police

Station- Ramanujganj, District- Balrampur, Ramanujganj,

Chhattisgarh.

---- Respondent

For Applicants

: Mr. Pushkar Sinha, Adv.

For Respondent/State

: Ms. Anjali Singh Chauhan, P.L.

Hon'ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey

Order on Board

01.04.2021

1. This application under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal

Procedure has been filed by the applicants who are apprehending

their arrest in connection with Crime No. 166/2020 registered at

Police Station- Ramanujganj, District- Balrampur, Ramanujganj,

(C.G.) for commission of the offence punishable under Sections

498 (A), 506, 325, 34 of IPC.

2. Case of the prosecution is that, it has been alleged that present

applicants and their family members were harassing the

complainant on account of demand of dowry and committed

maarpit with her. Based on this, offence was registered against the

present applicants.

3. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the present

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applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in this

case. He further submits that the applicants were never harassed

or demand anything from the complainant or her family members.

He added that applicants have no antecedent, therefore, the

present applicants may be granted anticipatory bail.

4. On the other hand, counsel for the State however opposes the

application for anticipatory bail.

5. After hearing counsel for the parties and considering the facts and

circumstances of the case, in particular applicants have no

antecedent, this Court is of the considered opinion that it is a fit

case to grant anticipatory bail to the applicants. Accordingly, the

application is allowed. It is directed that in the event of arrest of the

applicants in connection with aforesaid crime number, they shall be

released on bail on their furnishing a personal bond in the sum of

Rs. 25,000/- with one surety for the like sum to the satisfaction of

the concerned arresting/ investigating officer or the Court

concerned, as the case may be, with the following terms and

conditions:

(i)

that the applicants shall make themselves available for

interrogation before the concerned investigating officer as

and when required.

(ii)

that the applicants shall not, directly or indirectly, make any

inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the

facts or the case as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such

facts to the Court or to any police officer;

(iii)

that the applicants shall not act in any manner which will be

prejudicial to fair and expeditious trial; and

(iv)

that the applicants shall appear before the trial Court on each

and every date given to them by the said Court till disposal of the

trial.

Sd/-

(Rajani Dubey)

Judge

Ruchi