{"id":221033,"date":"2011-08-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/punam-devi-anr-vs-the-state-of-bihar-on-19-august-2011"},"modified":"2019-03-09T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T10:38:37","slug":"punam-devi-anr-vs-the-state-of-bihar-on-19-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/punam-devi-anr-vs-the-state-of-bihar-on-19-august-2011","title":{"rendered":"Punam Devi &amp; Anr. vs The State Of Bihar on 19 August, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court &#8211; Orders<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Punam Devi &amp; Anr. vs The State Of Bihar on 19 August, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>                    IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                               Cr.Misc. No.25052 of 2011\n\n             1.Punam Devi, Wife of Sri Divakant Chaudhary.\n             2.Divakant Chaudhary, Son of Sri Kamleshwari Chaudhary.\n             Both Residents of Village Kataili, P.S. Banka, District Banka.\n                                                                              ---------- Petitioner\n                                            Versus\n             The State Of Bihar.\n                                                                           -------- Opposite Party\n                                          -----------\n<\/pre>\n<p>03\/-   19\/08\/2011                      Heard.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                       This file is brought under the heading &#8220;To Be<\/p>\n<p>                         Mentioned&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                       The two petitioners apprehend their arrest, in connection<\/p>\n<p>                         with Belhar P.S. Case No. 18 of 2011, corresponding to G.R. No. 217<\/p>\n<p>                         of 2011 for the offences punishable under Sections 304 B\/201\/34 of<\/p>\n<p>                         the Indian Penal Code and Section \u00be of the Dowry Prohibition Act,<\/p>\n<p>                         pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka.<\/p>\n<p>                                       Submission is that petitioners have already surrendered<\/p>\n<p>                         before the court below, so learned counsel for the petitioners seeks<\/p>\n<p>                         permission to withdraw this application.<\/p>\n<p>                                       Permission is granted.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                       Accordingly, this application stands dismissed as<\/p>\n<p>                         withdrawn as having become infructuous.<\/p>\n<pre>       Praveen\/-                                 ( Akhilesh Chandra, J.)\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court &#8211; Orders Punam Devi &amp; Anr. vs The State Of Bihar on 19 August, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.25052 of 2011 1.Punam Devi, Wife of Sri Divakant Chaudhary. 2.Divakant Chaudhary, Son of Sri Kamleshwari Chaudhary. Both Residents of Village Kataili, P.S. 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