Puja Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22955 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-26 Year-2020 Thana- MASAUDHI District- Patna ====================================================== 1.

Puja Kumari, (female), aged about 26 years, wife of Pankaj Kumar 2.

Pankaj Kumar (male), aged about 30 years, S/o Sahdeo Thakur Both resident of Village- Etohri, P.S.- Alipur, District- Gaya. ... ... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioners :

Mr. Aditya Pandey, Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Advocates For the Opposite Party :

Mr. Nityanand, APP For the Informant :

Mr. Lalan Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER 11-01-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioners, who are Nanad and Nandosi of the deceased, are apprehending arrest in connection with Masaurhi P.S. Case No. 26 of 2020 for offences under Sections 304(B) and 201/ 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioner have no criminal antecedents. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioners have no concern with the day-to-day affairs of Naihar and Sasural and therefore, they are not directly connected with commission of crime in the instant case.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22955 of 2020(3) dt.11-01-2021 2/2 Considering the fact that the petitioners are Nanad and Nandosi of the deceased and there is no specific allegation of torture and overt act against them, the Court is inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners subject to the condition that the petitioners have to deposit Rs.50,000/- in cash. On depositing the amount of Rs.50,000/-, petitioners, above-named, in the event of arrest or surrender within one month from today, shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the SubDivisional Judicial Magistrate, Masaurhi, Patna in connection with Masaurhi P.S. Case No. 26 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Deposit of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand) shall abide by final outcome of Masaurhi P.S. Case No. 26 of 2020. (Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) BT/- U T