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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./41845/2023bail granted

Laxmi Devi v. The State Of Bihar

2023-07-25Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41845 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-178 Year-2023 Thana- DARBHANGA SADAR DistrictDarbhanga ====================================================== LAXMI DEVI WIFE OF MUKESH KUMAR RESIDENT OF VILLAGE -EKVINDA, PS- SADAR, DISTT- DARBHANGA ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Anuj Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Raj Kishor Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-07-2023

1. Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect (s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks on resumption of physical mode.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

3. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No. 178 of 2023 dated 10.3.2023 registered for the offence punishable u/s 302, 201/34, 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

4. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have committed murder of the son of the informant by strangulating his neck and his body was thrown at the roadside.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41845 of 2023(2) dt.25-07-2023 2/2

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. Nothing incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is a lady. The petitioner has got clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 3.4.2023.

6. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

7. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody and the allegation being general and omnibus, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Darbhanga in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No. 178 of 2023.

8. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Ajay Singh/- U T