Durgi Devi @ Durga Devi v. The State Of Bihar

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33810 of 2014 (2) dt.04-02-2015

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.33810 of 2014 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -412 Year- 2013 Thana -PATORI District- SAMASTIPUR ====================================================== Durgi Devi @ Durga Devi Wife of Late Ganauri Das Resident of VillageChapra, P.S.-Mohiudinagar, District-Samastipur .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Srinandan Prasad Singh Mr. Manish Kumar Mr. Surendra Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ramesh Chandra (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH KUMAR DATTA ORAL ORDER 04-02-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner prays for anticipatory bail in a police case registered under Sections 498A and 307/34 of the Indian Penal Code, in which the victim girl subsequently died. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner aged about 60 years is the mother-in-law of the victim girl and for the said reason she ought to be granted anticipatory bail.

From a perusal of the first information report, which was given by the victim girl herself, it appears that the husband of

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33810 of 2014 (2) dt.04-02-2015 the victim girl poured K.Oil on her and by lighting of the match the petitioner, who is the mother-in-law of the victim girl, set her on fire.

In the facts and circumstances of the case, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is, accordingly, rejected. (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J) V.P.Sinha/- U