Sunita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17157 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-27 Year-2021 Thana- RAGHUNATHPUR District- Siwan ====================================================== SUNITA DEVI Wife of Rama Ram R/o Village - Tari Bazar, P.S.- Raghunathpur, District - Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rajiv Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Mohammad Sufyan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-07-2022 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect (s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks on resumption of physical mode. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in a case registered under section 304(B) read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

It is alleged that the petitioner and co-accused persons in connivance with one another set the daughter of the informant on fire after sprinkling kerosene oil and due to which the informant daughter got severely burnt and during the course of treatment she died at Sadar Hospital.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17157 of 2022(2) dt.22-07-2022 2/2 of the petitioner. She is mother in law of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. Learned counsel further stated that the occurrence took place after seven years of marriage. There is no demand of dowry hence Section 304 B is not applicable in this case. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated at para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 03.02.2022.

Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on his furnishing bail-bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount 2022each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-VIII, Siwan, in connection with Raghunathpur P.S. Case No. 27 of 2021. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) atul/- U T