Machchia Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21215 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-299 Year-2024 Thana- BHAGWANPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Machchia Devi Wife of Ram Naresh Sah Resident of Village - Maganpur, Police Station - Bhagwanpur, District - Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Satish Narain Singh, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Ram Sevak Choudhary, APP For the Informant :
Mr. Raja Ram Rai, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-04-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S..
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that marriage of daughter of informant, namely Priyanka Devi, was solemnized with co-accused Dhanjit Kumar in the year 2009 as per Hindu rites and rituals. It is alleged that after marriage, all the accused persons named in the F.I.R., including this petitioner, subjected daughter of informant to cruelty and harassment due to nonfulfillment of demand of dowry and later, on 22.10.2024,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21215 of 2025(2) dt.23-04-2025 2/3 informant received information that his daughter has died in a fire. Thereafter, informant went to matrimonial house of his daughter and took him to hospital where she died.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner is mother-in-law of the deceased and is victim of over implication. Petitioner is separate in mess and property and has got no concern with the affairs of the deceased and her husband. Thrust of accusation is against husband of deceased, who is already in custody since 13.11.2024. Petitioner is a lady and claims clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant have vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and submitted that this petitioner is named in the F.I.R. and there is specific accusation that she, along with other F.I.R. named accused persons, set the daughter of informant on fire.
6. Considering the general and omnibus nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21215 of 2025(2) dt.23-04-2025 3/3 petitioner 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 learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-VIth, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 299 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T