Lakshmi Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20958 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-440 Year-2022 Thana- BIHTA District- Patna ====================================================== 1.

Lakshmi Devi Wife Of Late Vasudev Yadav @ Vasudev Ray R/O VillageTakaitpur, P.S.- Bihta (NEORA O.P.), District- Patna 2.

Laltun Yadav @ Nagendra Prasad @ Laltun Rai Son Of Late Vasudev Yadav @ Vasudev Ray R/O Village- Takaitpur, P.S.- Bihta (NEORA O.P.), DistrictPatna 3.

Bholi Yadav @ Bhola Rai @ Bholi Rai Son Of Late Vasudev Yadav @ Vasudev Ray R/O Village- Takaitpur, P.S.- Bihta (NEORA O.P.), DistrictPatna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Amrendra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Atul Chandra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 27-06-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 306/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, the petitioners are said to have tortured and assaulted the daughter of the informant due to which the daughter of the informant herself poured kerosine old all over her body and burnt her.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case. The allegation levelled against the petitioners is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. He submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20958 of 2023(2) dt.27-06-2023 2/2 during the course of treatment no one had lodged any kind of complaint against the petitioners and other accused, and after death of the deceased a concocted and false case was lodged by the informant although the husband and son of the deceased were also present during the course of treatment. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.

Learned APP for the State opposes prayer for anticipatory bail.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned lower Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Bihta (Neora) P.S. Case No.440 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) anand/- U T