Sangeeta Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37706 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-708 Year-2022 Thana- DIGHA District- Patna ====================================================== SANGEETA DEVI W/O RAM CHANDRA PRASAD R/O Village- Digha Ghat Chauhatta, PS. Digha, Dist. Patna, at present residing Nawab Ganj near Madhav Mills Malsalami, PS. Malsalami, Dist. Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ram Naresh Ray, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs.Asha Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 31-07-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the informant and learned APP for the State. 2.

The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 304(B)/34 of the IPC. 3.

As per the prosecution case, daughter of the informant has been killed by F.I.R. named accused persons including the petitioner (married sister-in-law of the deceased) due to nonfulfillment of demand of dowry. 4.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. She has been falsely implicated in this case due to grudge. No such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place. The allegation leveled against the petitioner is not specific rather

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37706 of 2023(2) dt.31-07-2023 2/2 general and omnibus in nature. It is further submitted that petitioner is the married sister-in-law of the deceased and husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

5.

Learned APP for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant opposed the prayer for bail by submitting that the petitioner used to live in the matrimonial house of the deceased and there is specific overt act against her to torture the deceased in connivance with other family members.

6.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, since husband of the deceased is already in custody, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of 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 Digha P.S. Case No.708 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T