Punam Devi @ Malti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.41506 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -65 Year- 2015 Thana -PANDARAK District- PATNA ====================================================== Punam Devi @ Malti Devi W/o Yogendra Sharma @ Yogi Sharma Resident of village- Manjhala Bigha, P.S.- Pandarak, District- Patna .... .... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Gajanan Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Ansarul Haque ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 21-11-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State.

Petitioner happens to be mother-in-law of the deceased and apprehends her arrest in connection with Pandarak P.S. Case No.65 of 2015 for the offences registered under sections 304(B) and 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The deceased died within one year of her marriage but the allegation of demand of dowry is against husband of the deceased. No doubt, the postmortem report goes to show that cause of death was cardio respiratory failure but submission on behalf of the petitioner is that petitioner does not have any concern with the husband of the deceased and the brothers of deceased's husband have already been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by a Co-

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41506 of 2016 (3) dt.21-11-2016 2/2 ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 11.2.2016 passed in Cr. Misc. No.38603 of 2015.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest/ surrender within six weeks from the date of receipt of this order to the concerned court, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the A.C.J.M., Barh, Patna in Pandarak P.S. Case no. 65 of 2015 subject to condition as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J) N.H./- U T