Puja Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11699 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-339 Year-2019 Thana- MAHARAJGANJ District- Siwan ====================================================== PUJA DEVI, aged about 21 years (F), W/o Om Prakash Mahto, R/o villagePokhara, P.S.- Maharajganj, District- Siwan. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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The State of Bihar.

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Dilip Mahto, aged about 60 years, S/o Late Vishwanath Mahto, R/o villageMadhopur, P.S.- Chainpur (O.P.), District- Siwan. ... ... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Arbind Kumar, Advocate.

For the State :

Mr. Zainul Abedin, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-04-2021 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 in the present case. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11699 of 2021(2) dt.08-04-2021 2/2 petitioner is the agnate of the victim. 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 not 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 A.C.J.M.-V, Siwan, in connection with Maharajganj P.S. Case No. 339 of 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