Pavitra Kumari @ Pavitra Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18520 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-89 Year-2018 Thana- DESARI District- Vaishali ====================================================== Pavitra Kumari @ Pavitra Devi, aged 33 years (Female), Wife of Prem Singh Resident of Village - Chakmahmad , P.s.- Desri , Distt.- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Awadhesh Kumar Singh, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party :

Mr. C. Jawahar, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-04-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case for the offence registered under Section 304(B)/34 of the IPC. The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner killed the victim due to nonfulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has been made accused in the present case due to mistake of fact. The petitioner is the Gotani of the deceased. She is separate in mess and property from the husband of the deceased. She has got no concern with

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18520 of 2019(2) dt.02-04-2019 2/2 the alleged occurrence.

On behalf of the learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of 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/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M. IInd, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with Desri P.S. Case No. 89/2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) U.K./- U T