Patna High CourtCR. MISC./1701/2025bail rejected

Khusboo Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

2025-04-11Mr. Justice Partha Sarthy2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1701 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-142 Year-2024 Thana- PIRI BAZAR District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Khusboo Kumari Wife of Deepak Kumar Resident of Village -Losghani PSPiri Bazar, District-Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rabi Bhushan, Advocate Ms. Rakhi Kumari, Advocate Mr. Ankit Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 11-04-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Piri Bazar P.S. Case no. 142 of 2024 registered under section 103(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. As per the prosecution case, the informant states that she had left her 4 day old child sleeping on the cot. While coming downstairs, she saw the petitioner strangulating the child. Seeing the informant the petitioner tried to depict that she was trying to feed the baby. The child was dead.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner, who happens to be the second wife of the husband of the informant, has been falsely implicated in the case. The contents of the postmortem report which finds mention in the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1701 of 2025(3) dt.11-04-2025 2/2 order of the learned Court below does not support the prosecution case. The petitioner who is a lady is in custody since 11.11.2024 and has no criminal antecedent. Charge-sheet has been submitted in the case.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegations against the petitioner in the F.I.R., the contents of the postmortem report according to which various injuries as detailed therein were found on the body of the 4 day old child, the Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail and the application is rejected.

7. Learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial. (Partha Sarthy, J) avinash/- U T