Raja Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.11014 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -35 Year- 2015 Thana -BHELDI District- SARAN ====================================================== Raja Devi Wife of Sri Gauri Shankar Ram, Resident of Village- Jogini Parsa, P.S. Bheldi, District- Saran at Chapra. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Jeetendra Narayan For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Panchanand Pandit ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA MOHAN SHARMA ORAL ORDER 08-04-2017 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned A.P.P. for the State.

In this application for anticipatory bail the petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with Bheldi P.S. Case No. 35 of 2015 for the offences punishable under sections 304-B, 201 and 34 of the I.P.C.

Saroj Devi, the daughter of the informant, was married to Jitendra Ram, the son of the petitioner and due to non fulfillment of demand of motorcycle she was being tortured and assaulted and ultimately she was burnt to death and her dead body was also cremated.

Submission is of false implication and that the petitioner is living separately with the husband of the deceased

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11014 of 2017 (3) dt.08-04-2017 2/3 and has no concern with the family affairs of the deceased and her husband, she is an old mother-in-law, the deceased was preparing food in the courtyard with the help of straw and her Sari caught fire resulting she was burnt, she was got treated at Mehar Hospital, Patna and when she was brought in P.M.C.H. she died in the way, cremation was done in presence of all the family members but the informant lodged this false case, the grand mother of the deceased and the brother of the deceased have stated, vide paragraphs- 67 and 69 of the case diary, that she was treated at Mehar Hospital and thereafter she died, they have also stated that she was cooking food with the help of straw in the courtyard resulting her Sari caught fire, there is no allegation against the petitioner for demanding motorcycle rather specific allegation is against the husband.

The learned A.P.P. fairly submits that the petitioner is mother-in-law.

In the facts and circumstances as stated above, the petitioner, in case of her arrest or surrender within four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of. A.C.J.M- 12th, Saran at Chapra in connection with

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11014 of 2017 (3) dt.08-04-2017 3/3 above mentioned case, subject to the conditions as laid down in section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Jitendra Mohan Sharma, J) Abhay/- U T