Sanju Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22400 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-75 Year-2024 Thana- DEWARIA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== 1.
Sanju Devi W/o Fudeni Ram Resident of Village -Dharphari P.S.- Deoria, Dist- Muzaffarpur 2.
Fudeni Ram S/o Late Nandu Ram Resident of Village -Dharphari P.S.- Deoria, Dist- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sheo Kumar Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Jagdhar Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 23-04-2025 Heard the parties.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Deoria P.S. Case No. 75 of 2024 for the offence under sections 306, 201 and 34 of the I.P.C. lodged on 02.04.2024 by the informant, Mahipal.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that his son was married to Neha Kumari and on the fateful day, she informed that the husband has committed suicide. When they went there, the family members were absconding, it came to knowledge that the couple had a fight whereafter his son committed suicide. This led to the FIR.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submit that they
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22400 of 2025(2) dt.23-04-2025 2/3 are mother-in-law and father-in-law of the deceased, the couple may have some issue and actually it is a case of suicide, in which, they had no role to play.
5. Learned APP opposes the prayer submitting that a death has taken place.
6. Taking into account the submissions of the parties as also that the two petitioners are father-in-law and mother-inlaw of the deceased son-in-law, they have no criminal antecedent and shall be facing the trial, in that background, this Court is inclined to extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail with conditions.
7. Let the petitioners be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned ACJM-V, West Muzaffarpur, in connection with Deoria P.S. Case No. 75 of 2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (i) one of the bailor should be the family member/relative of the petitioners who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22400 of 2025(2) dt.23-04-2025 3/3 before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of their bail bond by the Trial Court itself;
(iii) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(iv) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of their bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) Adnan/- U T