Manti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.52227 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -103 Year- 2016 Thana -PUNPUN District- PATNA ====================================================== Manti Devi, Wife of Late Nirikh Lal, Resident of Village- Bangali Tola, P.S.- Jakkanpur, District- Patna.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Pramod Kumar Pandey, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-11-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 498(A), 304(B) and 201/34 of the IPC.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner killed the victim due to nonfulfillment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The petitioner is the mother-in-

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.52227 of 2017 (2) dt.09-11-2017 2/2 law of the deceased. She is separate in mess and property from the husband of the deceased. The husband of the deceased is in custody.

On behalf of the learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Masaurhi, Patna, in connection with Punpun P.S. Case No. 103/2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T