Veena Devi @ Veena Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23539 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-647 Year-2021 Thana- RAJAOLI District- Nawada ====================================================== VEENA DEVI @ VEENA KUMARI W/o Late Subodh Singh Resident of Village - Rajauli, P.S. - Rajauli, District - Nawada. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Pravin Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 21-10-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual Court proceedings. Let the defect(s), if any, be removed within a period of four weeks.

The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 328, 304(B) and 498(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is the mother-inlaw of the deceased. The informant alleges that his daughter was married to Dheeraj Kumar in the year 2018 and after marriage, it is alleged that dowry of Rs.8,00,000/- and a four wheeler car was being demanded. It is further alleged that out of the wedlock, a child was born. It is further alleged that on non-fulfillment of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23539 of 2022(2) dt.21-10-2022 2/3 the dowry demand, the daughter of the informant was killed. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that no specific allegation of demand of dowry is alleged against the petitioner. It is next submitted that the deceased was taken to Pawapuri Medical College and from there she was referred to PMCH, Patna but she was admitted in a private hospital Jeevan Jyoti, Bihar Sharif. Learned counsel next submits that the husband of the deceased is in custody as has been specifically pleaded at para 17 of the anticipatory bail application.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Rajauli P.S.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23539 of 2022(2) dt.21-10-2022 3/3 Case No. 647 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T