Jhuna Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2841 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-223 Year-2022 Thana- NATHNAGAR District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Jhuna Devi, Wife of Indradeo Mandal, Resident of village - Kanjhia, P.S.- Madhusudanpur, District - Bhagalpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anuj Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ram Sumiran Rai, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-05-2023 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State.

Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 328/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per prosecution case, this petitioner along with other co-accused persons committed murder of the brother-inlaw of the informant by administering poisonous substance. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. He next submits that informant is not an eye witness of the occurrence and petitioner has been made accused only because she happens to be wife of co-accused namely, Indradeo Mandal. As a matter of fact, co-accused namely, Kishundeo

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2841 of 2023(2) dt.09-05-2023 2/2 Mandal got the sale deed executed in her favour after payment of entire amount mentioned in the sale deed. Petitioner is lady and has got clean antecedent.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioner in the event of her arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Nathnagar (Madhusudanpur) P. S. Case No. 223 of 2022, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T