Pramila Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43212 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-65 Year-2024 Thana- MAHNAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Pramila Devi Wife of Ramchandra Rai Resident of Village - Ishahakpur, P.S.- Mahnar, District - Vaishali.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Subodh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anil Kumar Singh No. 1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Mahnar P.S. Case No. 65 of 2024 dated 20.03.2024 registered for the offences punishable u/ss 304B, 201 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have killed the informant's daughter due to non-fulfillment of demand of Rs. 2 lakh as 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.43212 of 2025(4) dt.27-08-2025 2/2 this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the deceased and she has no concern with the alleged offence. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. The coaccused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by a Coordinate Bench of this court vide order dated 13.05.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 16047/2025. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 24.02.2025.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Mahnar P.S. Case No. 65 of 2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

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