Rani Devi @ Runa Devi @ Rajo Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24555 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-278 Year-2019 Thana- TEGHRHA District- Begusarai ====================================================== RANI DEVI @ RUNA DEVI @ RAJO DEVI Wife of Late Akaldeo Paswan @ Late Sakaldev Paswan Resident of Ward No.10, Alapur, Dhankaul, P.S.- Teghra, District-Begusarai.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pritish Kumar Lal For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.A.G ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 24-09-2020 The present petition has been taken up for consideration through the mode of Video Conferencing in view of the prevailing situation on account of COVID-19 Pandemic. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as also the learned APP for the State.

The present petition is by way of second attempt at the behest of the petitioner for grant of bail in connection with Teghra PS case no. 278 of 2019 under Section 366(A) of Indian Penal Code, inasmuch as the earlier prayer of the petitioner for grant of bail was rejected by this Court vide order dated 16.01.2020, passed in Cr. Misc. no. 581 of 2020. The allegation is regarding the daughter of the informant having become traceless in the morning, whereupon

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24555 of 2020(2) dt.24-09-2020 2/3 search was made and then, it transpired that the neighbour of the informant namely Sonu Kumar along with his mother namely Rani Devi had induced the daughter of the informant and had carried her on a Bolero vehicle.

The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent, has been falsely implicated in the present case, there is no likelihood of conclusion of the trial in near future and the petitioner is languishing in custody since 26.11.2019.

I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the materials on record, from which it is apparent that serious allegations have been levelled against the petitioner of having induced and allured the victim girl who is a minor girl, aged about 16 years, whereafter the petitioner is alleged to have facilitated her kidnapping and subsequently, it appears that she has sold the victim girl to the co-accused person namely Santosh Kumar who had committed rape with the victim girl, hence the complicity of the petitioner in the alleged crime is writ large from the records. Moreover, this Court finds that no change in circumstance has been pointed out by the learned counsel for the petitioner so as to warrant re-consideration of the prayer of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24555 of 2020(2) dt.24-09-2020 3/3 petitioner for grant of bail, hence I do not find any merit in the present petition, thus the same stands dismissed. (Mohit Kumar Shah, J) rinkee/- U T