Soni Devi @ Kusum Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19552 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-521 Year-2022 Thana- ISLAMPUR District- Nalanda ====================================================== SONI DEVI @ KUSUM DEVI wife of Chandradip Chaudhari villageMajafara Ps- Islampur Dist- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anil Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nagendra Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 14-07-2023 Heard the parties.

The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 304(B), 201, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The allegation against the petitioner is that she, in association with her family members, killed the sister of the informant on the pretext of non-fulfillment of demand for dowry.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and have committed no offence. She has been falsely implicated in this case. No such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. There is no specific overt act against the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19552 of 2023(3) dt.14-07-2023 2/2 petitioner. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the deceased. The husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent.

Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case as there is no specific overt act against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his/her 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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Islampur P.S. Case No.521 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U T