Pramila Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22839 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-324 Year-2021 Thana- PUNPUN District- Patna ====================================================== 1.

PRAMILA DEVI WIFE OF LATE LAXMI SINGH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- KUTUBPUR, P.S- PUNPUN, DIST-PATNA 2.

JAI PRAKASH SINGH SON OF LATE LAXMI SINGH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- KUTUBPUR, P.S- PUNPUN, DIST- PATNA ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Deovind Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Vinod Shanker Modi ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-09-2022 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence under Section 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

It is a case of dowry death. It is alleged that all the accused persons including these petitioners caused death of the daughter of the informant due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

Petitioner no. 1 is mother-in-law and petitioner no. 2 is elder brother-in-law (Bhaisur) of the deceased. It is submitted on behalf of petitioner that thrust of the accusation is against husband of the deceased, who is already in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22839 of 2022(2) dt.06-09-2022 2/2 custody and petitioners have been made accused only because they are close relatives. There is general and omnibus allegation. Petitioners are separate in mess & property and have got no concern with the family affairs of deceased and her husband. However, learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioners and submitted that petitioners are named in the F.I.R. and all of them actively participated in committing murder of the deceased. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M. 1st Class, Masaurhi (Patna) in connection with Punpun P.S. Case No. 324 of 2021, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay/- U T