Lagandeo Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10702 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-125 Year-2024 Thana- JANDAHA District- Vaishali ====================================================== 1.
Lagandeo Singh Son of Chintawan Singh Resident of village-Misraulia PS -Jandaha Dist -Vaishali 2.
Geeta Deve Wife of Lagandeo Singh Resident of village-Misraulia PS -Jandaha Dist -Vaishali 3.
Amrita Kumari Daughter of Lagandeo Singh Resident of village-Misraulia PS -Jandaha Dist -Vaishali 4.
Sangita Devi Daughter of Lagandeo Singh Resident of village-Misraulia PS -Jandaha Dist -Vaishali P/A- village- Saidpur, Ps- Bangara, Dist- Samastipur ... ... Petitioners
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Satish Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Satya Nand Shukla, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. It is a case of dowry death. Informant's daughter was married with Ajit Kumar in 2017. After sometime, petitioners and their family members started subjecting the victim to cruelty and harassment for non-fulfilment of demand of dowry. On 24.4.2024 informant received information that his daughter was killed by these accused persons.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10702 of 2025(2) dt.09-04-2025 2/2 petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioners and no specific overt act has been alleged against them who happen to be in-laws of the deceased respectively. It is further submitted that the petitioners are separate in mess and business. Thrust of allegation is against the husband of the deceased who is already in custody.
5. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks from today, let both the petitioners, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in Jandaha Police Station Case No. 125 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Shashi U T