Savitri Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16090 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-163 Year-2019 Thana- BARAULI District- Gopalganj ====================================================== SAVITRI DEVI, Female, aged about 50 years, W/o Mahesh Mahto, Resident of Village-Madhopur, P.S.- Barauli, (Madhopur O.P), Distt.- Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Chandra Kant, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party :

Mr.A.G.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-04-2021 Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defects, as pointed out by the office, within a period of four weeks.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through Virtual mode.

The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 304(B)/34 of the I.P.C. The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner killed the victim due to nonfulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16090 of 2021(2) dt.08-04-2021 2/2 in the present case. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the deceased. She is separate in mess and property from the husband of the deceased. She has got no concern with the alleged occurrence.

On behalf of the learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) only with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M. Ist, Gopalganj, in connection with Barauli P.S. Case No. 163/2019, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Sudhir Singh, J) U.K./- U T