Bhagmatia Devi @ Bhagwatiya Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37911 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-305 Year-2023 Thana- ROSHANGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== Bhagmatia Devi @ Bhagwatiya Devi W/o Suraj Rikiyasan Resident of Village- Diguriya, P.S.- Bankebazar, District- Gaya, ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Anil Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 08-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and perused the case diary.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in Roushanganj (Bankebazar) P.S. Case No. 305 of 2023, instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the petitioner along with other co-accused persons have committed murder of informant's daughter and disappeared her dead body.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Charge-sheet has been submitted in this case. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37911 of 2025(3) dt.08-08-2025 2/2 petitioner is mother-in-law of the deceased. No specific allegation has been attributed against the petitioner rather the same is general and omnibus in nature. On the basis of suspicion name of the petitioner has transpired in the present case. It is further submitted that husband of the deceased is in judicial custody and the petitioner is separate in mess and business from the husband of the deceased. The petitioner is in custody since 05.11.2024 and has got no criminal antecedent.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and taking into account the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Roushanganj (Bankebazar) P.S. Case No. 305 of 2023.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Rajorshi/- U T