RUPLAL DAS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PRESENT application is moved seeking regular bail in connection with Mohanpur P.S. Case No. 256 of 2012 corresponding to G.R. No. 959 of 2012 registered under Sections 498A/ 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/ 5 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the father -in -law of the complainant/informant and he is sixty years' old and is in judicial custody w.e.f. 15.08.2012. He further states that F.I.R. is registered under Sections 498A/ 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/ 5 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. He further argues that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case, with a view, to harass and blackmail him.

(2.) HON 'ble Apex Court in the case of State of Kerala Vs. Md. Raneef reported in : (2011) 1 SCC 784 has observed as under: