Sunita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21559 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-258 Year-2020 Thana- DAUDPUR District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

SUNITA DEVI Wife of Shri Uday Pratap Singh Resident of Village - Chandaupur, P.S.- Daudpur, District of Saran. 2.

Seema Devi Wife of Shri Rana Pratap Singh Resident of Village - Chandaupur, 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 :

Mr. Manoj Kumar, A.P.P.

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

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

The petitioners apprehend their 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 petitioners submits that petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and are sisters-inlaw of the deceased. The informant alleges that his sister was married to Kripa Shankar Singh in the year 2019 and after marriage dowry was being demanded by the accused persons including the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21559 of 2022(2) dt.02-11-2022 2/3 petitioners and on non-fulfillment of the same the victim was killed.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the present case and they are sisters-in-law of the deceased. It is further submitted that the informant is not an eye witness to the occurrence and the allegation of demand of dowry is general and omnibus in nature. It is next submitted that father-in-law of the deceased has been granted anticipatory bail by order dated 10.05.2022 in Cr. Misc. No. 27708 of 2021 and mother-in-law has been granted anticipatory bail by order dated 02.11.2022 in Cr. Misc. No. 20967 of 2022 and the husband of the deceased was granted default bail.

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

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21559 of 2022(2) dt.02-11-2022 3/3 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