Mamta Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17763 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-344 Year-2021 Thana- MINAPUR District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== MAMTA DEVI D/o Rameshwar Ram R/o Village- Meenapur, Road no. 09, P.S.- Meenapur, Distt- Muzaffarpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Vijay Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Dashrath Mehta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-07-2023 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence under Section 304-B/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. It is alleged that marriage of daughter of informant was solemnized with co-accused Pramod Ram and after the marriage, his daughter was subjected to harassment and torture for dowry and due to non-fulfillment of same, she was killed by accused persons.

4. Petitioner is married sister-in-law (uun) of deceased and on the alleged date and time of occurrence, she was in Delhi with her husband. Petitioner is separate in mess and property and has got no concern with affairs of deceased and her husband. There is general and omnibus allegation.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17763 of 2023(4) dt.20-07-2023 2/2

5. However, learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that this petitioner alongwith other F.I.R. named accused persons committed the murder of daughter of informant. The post-mortem report also shows that the deceased died due to throttling as well as other injuries caused by hard & blunt object.

6. Considering the same, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is rejected.

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