Patna High CourtCR. MISC./12543/2021bail rejected

Sanju Devi v. The State Of Bihar

2021-08-05Mr. Justice Partha Sarthy2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12543 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-118 Year-2013 Thana- HARNAUT District- Nalanda ====================================================== SANJU DEVI Wife of Prahlad Paswan Resident of Village- Basniha (Basiyawan), P.S.- Harnaut (Gokhulpur) District- Nalanda. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Pramod Kumar Sinha, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Smt. Sangeeta Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 05-08-2021 Heard learned counsel for the parties through video conferencing.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in a case registered under sections 307, 324 and 326 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per allegation in the F.I.R., the petitioner poured petrol on the body of the son of the informant and burnt him. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is a lady and has been falsely implicated in the case. No incriminating article has transpired in course of investigation to connect her in the alleged crime. The petitioner is in custody since 9.10.2020 and has no criminal antecedent. Heard learned A.P.P. for the State.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties, it

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12543 of 2021(3) dt.05-08-2021 2/2 transpires that in a case registered in the year 2013, the petitioner absconded for more than 7 years before she was arrested. Further, the allegations made in the F.I.R. is substantiated from the medical report of the doctor of Sadar Hospital, Biharsharif, Nalanda wherein he found the son of the informant to have sustained burn over whole body. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the application for bail of the petitioner is rejected. Learned trial court is directed to expedite the trial. (Partha Sarthy, J) Saurabh/- U T