Devmuni Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35203 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-574 Year-2022 Thana- MASHRAK District- Saran ====================================================== Devmuni Devi WIFE of Late Babulal Mahto R/O Village-Hansapir, P.S.- Mashrak, District- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara, APP For the Informant/s :

Mr. Rananjay Kumar, Adv.

Md. Arit Daula Siddiqui, Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-08-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State and learned counsel for the informant.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mashrak P.S. Case No. 574 of 2022 dated 11.12.2022 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 304B read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have committed murder the informant's daughter due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35203 of 2024(2) dt.02-08-2024 2/2 this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner who is mother-in-law of the informant's daughter. The husband of the deceased is already in custody as stated in Para16 of bail petition. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the informant's daughter. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and the learned counsel for the informant have vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Saran at Chapra in connection with Mashrak P.S. Case No. 574 of 2022, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T