Rajvati Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18630 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-350 Year-2024 Thana- PUPRI District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Rajvati Devi, W/o Sadhu Mandal @ Sadabriksha Mandal, D/o Uchit Mandal R/o Village-Bedoul, P.S.- Pupri, District- Sitamarhi ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sunil Prasad Singh, Advocate For the Informant :

Mr. Naushad Khan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Pupri P.S. Case No. 350 of 2024 dated 26.08.2024 registered for the offences punishable u/ss 80(2) read with 3(5) of the B.N.S.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have killed the informant's daughter due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the deceased

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18630 of 2025(2) dt.23-04-2025 2/2 and she has no concern with the family affairs of the deceased. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the informant's daughter. Learned counsel has further submitted that the husband of the deceased is already in custody. The petitioner is a lady and she has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 26.08.2024 as per impugned order.

5. Learned counsel for the informant as well as learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Sitamarhi in connection with Pupri P.S. Case No. 350 of 2024.

7. This application stands allowed.

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