Veena Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13407 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-761 Year-2022 Thana- RUNISAIDPUR District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== VEENA DEVI W/O MUKESH YADAV R/O VILLAGE- HARIHARPUR, NARAULI, P.S- BATHNAHA, DISTT.- SITAMARHI.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Madhubala Verma , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ram Sevak Choudhary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-05-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 323, 341, 307, 326, 504 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and 304(B) & 302.

3. It is case of dowry death.

4. It is submitted on the behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is married Nanad of the deceased. It is specific case of the prosecution that the F.I.R. named accused persons set the victim on fire as a result of which she died. Petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The name of the petitioner transpired during the course of investigation on the basis of confessional statement of the brother of the deceased namely, Rajeev Kumar. Except confessional statement of the brother of the deceased,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13407 of 2024(3) dt.01-05-2024 2/2 there is nothing on record to show the complicity of the petitioner in the alleged occurrence. Petitioner has no concern with the deceased and she is not connected with the alleged occurrence. She is separate in mess and property. She has two children and she is living with her husband at her sasural. Petitioner is lady and claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned counsel for the State opposes the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks from today, let the petitioner, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Runnisaidpur P.S. case No. 761 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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