Raj Kumari Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.55473 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-158 Year-2018 Thana- GAUTAMBUDHNAGAR DistrictSiwan ====================================================== Raj Kumari Devi W/o Prabhu Sah, R/o Vill.- Ali Nagar Chainpur, P.S.- G.B. Nagar, District- Siwan.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Satyendra Rai For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Khurshid Anwar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-09-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered under Sections 341, 323, 326, 379, 307, 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Later on, Section 304B of the I.P.C. has been added. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 25.05.2018 the husband of the informant set her on fire after pouring kerosene oil. When her husband assaulted her, her mother-in-law and father-in-law kept mum.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.55473 of 2018(2) dt.25-09-2018 2/2 petitioner is the mother-in-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. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged occurrence.

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

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/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 learned S.D.J.M., Siwan in connection with G.B. Nagar P.S. case No.158 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T