Mostt. Shakuntala Devi @ Sakuntala Devi @ Shakuntata Devi And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.34098 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -112 Year- 2018 Thana -BARARI District- KATIHAR ======================================================

1. Mostt. Shakuntala Devi @ Sakuntala Devi @ Shakuntata Devi, Wife of Late Ram Briksha Yadav,

2. Pappu Yadav @ Binod Yadav, Son of Late Ram Briksha Yadav, Both resident of Village Bhawanipur, P.S. Rangara, District- Bhagalpur (As per the F.I.R resident of Ramniya, P.S. Barari, District Katihar). .... .... Petitioners

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Mukesh Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Damodar Prasad Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 29-06-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and leaned Additional Public Prosecutor of the State.

The petitioners, who are mother-in-law and devar of the deceased, are apprehending their arrest in connection with Barari P.S.Case No. 112 of 2018, registered for offences punishable under Sections 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation against the petitioners is that they have caused the death of the daughter of the informant due to non fulfillment of demand of dowry.

Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners is that no specific allegation has been attributed against the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34098 of 2018 (2) dt.29-06-2018 2/2 petitioners and death has occurred due to gynecological problem and chronic diseases under the process of treatment in hospital. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposes the prayer of bail.

Having heard both sides and in view of the facts and circumstances, as discussed above, let the petitioners above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of six weeks from the date of the order, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (Twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Barari P.S.Case No. 112 of 2018 to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate- V, Katihar, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438 ( 2) Cr.P.C. with other that bailors should be local having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the Court concerned and petitioners shall cooperate in the investigation and shall be present before the police as and when required, otherwise prosecution is at liberty to move for cancellation of their bail bonds.

(Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) Sudha/- U T