Lakshminiya Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37507 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-272 Year-2024 Thana- AKBARPUR District- Nawada ====================================================== Lakshminiya Devi, W/O Gauri Yadav @ Gori Yadav, R/O VILLAGEShahpur, P.S. - Akbarpur, District- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Vinod Shanker Modi, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 13-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Akbarpur P.S. Case No. 272 of 2024 for the offences registered under Sections 126(2), 352, 123, 80, 85, 3(5) of the BNS.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner along with the other co-accused have killed the daughter of the informant by administering poison.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case due to the reason that the petitioner is the mother-in-law of the victim. The son and the victim had solemnized their marriage as love marriage against the wishes of the informant and her family members who implicated the petitioner in this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37507 of 2025(3) dt.13-08-2025 2/2 case on false allegation. The victim has given birth to a male child but he did not survive due to which she remain disturbed and committed suicide. She was taken to hospital where she died. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner. Petitioner is an old lady aged about 61 years having no criminal antecedents. She is in custody since 20.12.2024. Charge-sheet has already been submitted and there is no chance of tampering with the evidence. The petitioner undertakes to cooeprate in the trial.

5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the submissions made on behalf of the parties and facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, named above, be enlarged on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Nawada in connection with Akbarpur P.S. Case No. 272 of 2024. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) khushbu/- U T