Pana Devi @ Panna Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20853 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-289 Year-2022 Thana- NAUTAN District- Siwan ====================================================== PANA DEVI @ PANNA DEVI W/O LATE JIUT GUPTA R/O VILLAGEBALUAD, P.S- NAUTAN, DISTT.- SIWAN. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Vikash Kumar Shukla, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Arun Kumar Singh, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 28-06-2023 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State.
Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 304(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
It is a case of dowry death.
Petitioner is mother-in-law of the deceased.
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is separate in mess and property and is not concerned with the family affairs of the deceased. It is next submitted that main thrust of accusation is against husband of the deceased who is already in custody. Petitioner has got clean antecedent.
Learned counsel for the State vehemently opposes the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20853 of 2023(2) dt.28-06-2023 2/2 bail application.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that the above named petitioner in the event of her arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-6th, Siwan in connection with Nautan P. S. Case No. 289 of 2022, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T