Putul Devi @ Sunita Devi @ Mira Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41343 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-486 Year-2022 Thana- PAKARIBARAW District- Nawada ====================================================== PUTUL DEVI @ SUNITA DEVI @ MIRA DEVI WIFE OF SANJAY CHAUDHARY @ SANJAY GUPTA RESIDENT OF VILLAGERUKANPURA, BHAKTIN GALI DUMRA, PS- HAWAIADDA, DISTRICT- PATNA. AT PRESENT R/O BAILEY ROAD, RAJA BAZAR, PATNA PS AND DISTRICT- PATNA ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Anshu Dhar Sharma For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Nand Kishore Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 07-08-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case instituted for the offence under Sections 363, 366A, 376C, 370A of the Indian Penal Code; Sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act; Sections 4/17 of the POCSO Act and Sections 9/10 of the Child Marriage Act.

3. As per prosecution case, the allegation against the accused persons including this petitioner is that they abducted the daughter of the informant for the purpose of ulterior motives.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41343 of 2023(3) dt.07-08-2023 2/2 that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. She has committed no offence. Petitioner is not named in the FIR. The name of the petitioner has come into light, on the basis of confessional statement of other co-accused. There is no specific overt act against the petitioner rather specific allegation against co-accused Azad Kumar and he has already been granted bail by this Bench vide order dated 26.07.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 15917 of 2023. She is languishing in judicial custody since 10.01.2023.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, being a lady as well as period of custody, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below in connection with Pakaribaraw P.S. Case No. 486 of 2022.

(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) arish/- U T