Patna High CourtCR. MISC./25718/2025bail granted

Sushma Devi v. The State Of Bihar

2025-05-07Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25718 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-188 Year-2024 Thana- MAHKAR District- Gaya ====================================================== Sushma Devi W/O Harendra Yadav R/O Village- Jagdiha, P.S.- Mahkar, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Syed Asgher Najmi :

Mr. Ashutosh Kr. Mishra For the Informant :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Zainul Abedin ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the Informant as well as learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Mahkar P.S. Case No. 188 of 2024 dated 17.11.2024 registered for the offences punishable u/ss 80, 238 read with section 3(5) of the BNS Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have killed the informant's daughter by electric shock due to non-fulfillment of demand of Rs. 1.5 lakhs as dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25718 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 2/2 this case. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. The husband of the deceased is in custody. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 04.01.2025.

5. Learned counsel for the Informant as well as learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Gaya in connection with Mahkar P.S. Case No. 188 of 2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T