Chanda Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77149 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-260 Year-2017 Thana- BAKHTIYARPUR District- Patna ====================================================== Chanda Devi D/o Om Malik Resident of Village- Naya Tola Raghopur P.S. Bakhtiyarpur District-Patna.

... ... Petitioner

Versus

The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Manoj Kumar Pandey, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party:

Mr. J.K. Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIKASH JAIN ORAL ORDER 28-03-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest for the offences alleged under Section 366(A) of the Indian Penal Code registered in connection with Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 260 of 2017.

3. It is submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated and she has not been named in the F.I.R. Her name has transpired subsequently on the basis of statement of the socalled victim girl recorded under Section 164 of the Cr. P.C. The petitioner claims clean antecedents.

4. A perusal of the aforesaid statement under Section 164 of the Cr. P.C however discloses that serious allegations have been made against the petitioner by the victim girl claiming to be

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77149 of 2018(4) dt.28-03-2019 2/2 13 years of age.

5. Having regard to the nature of accusations and the gravity of the offence alleged, this Court is not inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The anticipatory bail petition stands dismissed.

(Vikash Jain, J) Ibrar//- U T