Panpati Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10670 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1559 Year-2023 Thana- PHULWARISHARIF District- Patna ====================================================== PANPATI DEVI W/O LATE SURESH DAS R/O- KHOJA IMALI ,KANHIYA NAGAR P.S -PHULWARI SHARIF, DISTT.- PATNA. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Umesh Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Yogendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 22-02-2024 Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498A, 341, 323, 506, 504 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.
3. Allegedly, the petitioner is said to have abused and assaulted the informant on the pretext of non-fulfillment of demand for dowry.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. She has been falsely implicated in this case. No such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. There is no specific overt act against the petitioner. He further submits that the petitioner is the mother-
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10670 of 2024(2) dt.22-02-2024 2/2 in-law of the informant. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case as there is no specific overt act against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Phulwari Sharif P.S. Case No.1559 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U T