Khushbu Devi @ Priti Soni @ Khushbu Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.33138 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-98 Year-2022 Thana- BADHAILA District- Rohtas ====================================================== KHUSHBU DEVI @ PRITI SONI @ KHUSHBU KUMARI WIFE OF SONE SETH @ SONU SONI resident of Village- Parariya, P.S.- Baghaila, District- Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dhaneshwar Prasad Gupta For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 24-06-2023 Heard the parties.

The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 498A, 304(B), 504, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation against the petitioner is that she is involved in the murder of the informant's daughter.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and have committed no offence. She has been falsely implicated in this case. No such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. There is no specific overt act against the petitioner and she is the sister-in-law of the deceased. It s further

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33138 of 2023(2) dt.24-06-2023 2/2 submitted that the husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody since 21.01.2023. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case as there is no specific overt act against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his/her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Baghaila P.S. Case No.98 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U T