Kranti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24429 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-125 Year-2021 Thana- SHEIKHOPUR SARAI DistrictSheikhpura ====================================================== KRANTI DEVI W/O LATE ARUN MAHTO R/o Mohalla- ambari, P.O.- Ambari, P.S.- Shekhopur Sarai, District- Sheikhpura ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Ram Sevak Choudhary, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 09-11-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 304(B) of the Indian Penal Code.

The informant alleges that his sister was married to Lavkush Mahto and after marriage a gold chain was being demanded by the accused persons including the petitioner, it is next submitted that on account of non-fulfillment of the demand her sister was killed.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is mother-in-law of the deceased. Learned counsel submits that petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case, it is next submitted that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24429 of 2022(2) dt.09-11-2022 2/2 allegation of demand is general and omnibus in nature and the prime responsibility of keeping the wife with dignity and honour is with the husband, it is also submitted that husband is not absconding rather is availing his remedies available in law and has filed his anticipatory bail application which is pending before the Court. It is also submitted that allegation of demand is general and omnibus and the informant has also filed a compromise in the learned Trial Court as has been specifically pleaded at Para 9, Annexure 3 to 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 his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court 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 trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Sheikhopur P.S. Case No. 125 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Satyavrat Verma, J) HarshPandey/- U T