Sonika Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.3497 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -160 Year- 2015 Thana -SABAUR District- BHAGALPUR ======================================================

1. Sonika Devi, D/o Amarnath Yadav, Wife of Late Brajesh Yadav, resident of Village- Mansarpur, P.S.- Sabour, District- Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Praveen Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Satyavarat Verma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA MOHAN SHARMA ORAL ORDER 08-02-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel representing the State.

The petitioner wants to renew the prayer of bail, which was earlier rejected vide order dated 29.03.2016 passed in Cr. Misc. 4910 of 2016 and further the prayer was withdrawn and accordingly the Criminal Miscellaneous was dismissed as not pressed by order dated 27.07.2016 passed in Cr. Misc. 31019 of 2016, on the ground that the trial has not been concluded within nine months. In this case other co-accused have already been allowed bail and petitioner being lady also deserves sympathetic consideration. During investigation it has come that Gaurav Kuamr was the assailant and he has also been allowed bail by another coordinate Bench of this Court vide Cr. Misc. 22664 of 2016 by

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3497 of 2017 (2) dt.08-02-2017 2/2 order dated 05.08.2016.

The learned A.P.P. submits that the petitioner is the wife of the deceased.

In the facts and circumstances stated above, considering the detention of the petitioner now she is directed to be released on bail on execution of bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned 3rd Additional Sessions Judge, Bhagalpur, in connection with S.Tr. No. 732 of 2015, arising out of Sabour P.S. Case No. 160 of 2015, subject to the conditions that one of the bailors must be a near relative and another having sufficient immovable property within the territorial jurisdiction of the court concerned and the petitioner shall remain present on each and every date during trial and the default on two consecutive dates on her part without any reason shall disentitle the petitioner from privilege of bail.

(Jitendra Mohan Sharma, J.) Rajiv/- U T