Munita Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18992 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-4 Year-2020 Thana- BANSHI District- Jehanabad ====================================================== MUNITA DEVI Wife of Arun Saw Resident of Anua, P.S.- Banshi, DistrictArwal ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Pritish Kumar Lal, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Parmanand Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 22-10-2021 Heard learned counsel for the parties through video conferencing.
The petitioner has preferred the instant application for grant of regular bail in a case registered under sections 302, 201 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.
As per the prosecution case, the daughter of the informant who was married to Arun Sao was tortured. It is stated that on the date of occurrence she was taken to the jungle on the pretext of cutting wood by her sautan, the petitioner herein, who killed her and tried to burn her body by pouring kerosene oil. The half bunt body of the daughter of the informant was recovered and the case registered. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner who is a lady has been falsely implicated in
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18992 of 2021(3) dt.22-10-2021 2/2 the case. There is no eye witness to either the petitioner taking the deceased to the jungle or having burnt her as alleged. The deceased was mentally crippled. The petitioner has no motive to commit the alleged crime. She is in custody since 13.2.2017 and there is no progress in the trial in the learned trial Court. The application for bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State who submits that witnesses have supported the allegation against the petitioner in course of investigation. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the nature of allegations together with the contents of the postmortem report, the Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail and the application is rejected. Learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial. (Partha Sarthy, J) Bibhash U