Nanki Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 21684 of 2020 Arising Out of P.S. Case No- 150 Year- 2019 Thana- Aurai, District- Muzaffarpur ======================================================

1. NANKI DEVI aged about 62 years, (female), W/o- Kuldeep Sahni, R/o village- Mahuaara, P.S.- Aurai, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Ravi Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party :

Mrs.Suman Kumari Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-08-2020 Heard Mr. Ravi Ranjan, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mrs. Suman Kumari Singh, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, for the State of Bihar. This application for grant of anticipatory bail arises out of Aurai P.S. Case No. 150 of 2019, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 304(B) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The petitioner is mother-in-law of the deceased. There is allegation in the F.I.R. of demand of dowry. I find force in submission made on behalf of the petitioner that there is no specific allegation against the petitioner of demand of dowry and tentatively, her implication is

2/3 because of her relationship with the husband of the deceased. Considering the facts and circumstances, this application is allowed.

Let the petitioner above named, in the event of her arrest/surrender within six weeks from today in the Court below, 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 the learned Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate 13th, Muzaffarpur in connection with Aurai P.S. Case No. 150 of 2019, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

This is subject to the condition that the petitioner shall present herself before the Police/Court, as the case may be, as and when required and in the event of failure on her part to appear before the Court on two consecutive occasions, her bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled.

Since there is a lockdown, the Court has considered it appropriate to adopt following procedure for communication of the present order:- (i) The order, which has been dictated during the course of the proceedings of virtual Court, shall be communicated to me on my e-mail I.D. by the Secretary.

3/3 (ii) The corrected copy of the order shall be transmitted by me from my e-mail I.D. to the Secretary, which shall be treated to be the authentic copy of the order passed by this Court today in the present proceeding.

(iii) Hard copy of the order, duly signed by me, shall be preserved in my residential office for documentation and future use, if any.

(iv) Let a copy of the order be communicated to the learned court below through e-mail or any other appropriate electronic mode by the Registry.

Let steps be taken by the Registry for uploading of the present order without compromising with the norms of social-distancing.

AKASH/- (Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) U T