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Gayatri Devi & Ors. vs The State Of Bihar on 27 July, 2011

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Gayatri Devi & Ors. vs The State Of Bihar on 27 July, 2011
                  IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                Cr.Misc. No.24670 of 2011
                  1. Gayatri Devi, wife of Sanjay Yadav
                  2. Sanfulwa Devi, wife of Baleshwar Yadav
                  3. Gangiya Devi, wife of Bandahan Yadav
                     All resident of village-Somiya, P.S.-Barachatti, District-Gaya.
                                                                .......Petitioners.
                                            Versus
                     The State of Bihar                  ...............Opp. Party.
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2. 27.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

counsel appearing for the State.

The case is under Section 498(A) of IPC and ¾ of the

Dowry Prohibition Act. There are ten named accused persons in

this case.

It is submitted that the entire family has been roped in

the present case. The dispute is due to incompatibility of marriage

between the husband and wife. The husband and father-in-law of

the informant are already in jail and the petitioners No. 1 & 2 are

sisters-in-laws (Gotanis) and petitioner No. 3 is mother-in-law of

the victim.

The allegation is omnibus and general and there is no

allegation against them.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for

grant of bail.

Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts, let the

petitioners, namely, Gayatri Devi, Sanfulwa Devi and Gangiya

Devi in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court

below within a period of four weeks from the date of

communication of this order, be released on bail on their furnishing
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bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Five thousand) with two sureties of the

like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial

Magistrate, Sherghati, Gaya in connection with G.R. No. 439/11

arising out of Barachatti P.S. Case No. 144 of 2011.

Sanjeet                                    (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)