Lalita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20967 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-258 Year-2020 Thana- DAUDPUR District- Saran ====================================================== LALITA DEVI WIFE OF LALAN SINGH R/O- VILLAGECHANDAUPUR P.S. - DAUDPUR, DISTRICT OF SARAN ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Suresh Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Nirmala Kumari, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 02-11-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

Let the defect(s), if any, be removed within a period of four weeks.

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

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is the mother-in-law of the deceased and from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that the informant alleges that his sister was married to Kripa Shankar Singh in the year 2019 and after marriage the accused persons including the petitioner started demanding dowry and on non-fulfillment of the same it is alleged that the victim was killed.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20967 of 2022(2) dt.02-11-2022 2/2 has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the allegation of demand of dowry is general and omnibus in nature. It is next submitted that informant is not an eye witness to the occurrence. It is also submitted that the father-in-law Lalan Singh has been granted anticipatory bail by order dated 10.05.2022 in Cr. Misc. No. 27708 of 2021. It is further submitted that even the husband had surrendered but he was granted default bail.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten 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 Daudpur P.S. Case No. 258 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T