Rani Devi @ Reena Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34124 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-354 Year-2022 Thana- AHIYAPUR District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== 1.
Rani Devi @ Reena Devi, Female, aged about 34 years, D/O Late Lalbabu Sahni R/O Village- Kolhua Paigambarpur, P.S- Ahiyapur, District.- Muzaffarpur.
2.
Aasha Devi, Female, Aged about 27 years, D/O Late Lalbabu Sahni R/O Village- Kolhua Paigambarpur, P.S- Ahiyapur, Distt.- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Anil Kumar, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Kanhaiya Kishore, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 30-08-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Ahiyapur P.S. Case No. 354 of 2022 dated 03.05.2022 instituted under Sections 304(B), 406, 201, 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, there is accusation of demand of dowry and when the said demand was not met by the family members of the deceased, the deceased was killed at her matrimonial home by the co-accused persons within two years of her marriage by strangulation.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34124 of 2023(2) dt.30-08-2023 2/2 the petitioners are married sister-in-law of the deceased. The marriage of both the petitioners have been solemnized 15 years and 10 years earlier respectively and they were living at their matrimonial house. The complaint was filed after delay of one month twenty days of the knowledge of the alleged occurrence by the informant without any reason. The allegation against the petitioners are general and omnibus in nature. The petitioners were not present at the place of occurrence. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioners be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in Ahiyapur P.S. Case No. 354 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) P. Kumar U T