Reena Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38508 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-18 Year-2025 Thana- KOTWA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Reena Devi Wife of Vinod Prasad, Resident of Village- Karariya Bairagi Tola, P.S.- Kotwa, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Naresh Ray, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 03-09-2025 Heard learned Advocate for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No.18 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 238 and 3(5) of the BNS.
3. Allegedly, on 12.01.2025 at about 02:00 PM, a dead body of a girl was found, which was later on identified as the daughter of the informant. After identification, the dead body was sent for postmortem; subsequently the villagers disclosed that the deceased daughter of the informant was married just eight months ago; however, she was in relationship with one another person of the village and she was willing to perform her marriage with whom she was still in relationship, which was opposed by her family members and subsequently the petitioner along with others committed her murder.
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4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner contended that the petitioner is none else but the mother of the deceased and there is no eyewitness to the alleged occurrence. Moreover, during the course of postmortem, no internal or external injury has been found over the dead body of the deceased and since the cause of death could not be ascertained; hence, viscera was sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for further opinion. Save and except suspicion that it is a case of honour killing, there is no material showing complicity of the petitioner in crime. It is lastly contended that be that as it may, the father of the deceased in judicial custody since 17.01.2025. Moreover, the petitioner is a lady having fair antecedent.
5. On the other hand, learned Advocate for the State opposed the bail application and submitted that the motive of causing death of the deceased is writ large that she was in illicit relationship with one another villager, which was being opposed by the petitioner and others.
6. Having considered the submissions set forth by the learned Advocate for the respective parties and taking note of the fact that the entire case is based upon suspicion and there is no material, which shows the complicity of the petitioner, besides the petitioner is a lady having fair antecedent, let the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38508 of 2025(3) dt.03-09-2025 3/3 above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No.18 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, with further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioner.
(Harish Kumar, J) rohit/- U T