Ranjita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37618 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-46 Year-2020 Thana- BASANTPUR District- Siwan ====================================================== RANJITA DEVI D/o- PrabhuPrasad Resident of Lakdi Madhopur, P.S.- Lakdi Nabiganj O.P., District- Siwan, At present residing at village- Pipra Kothi Baltharwa, P.S. Pipra Kothi, District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ajay Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shyam Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-07-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual mode.

Counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, within a period of four weeks from the date of restoration of normalcy.

The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered under Sections 304(B), 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Allegation is that the accused persons including the petitioner caused death of the daughter of the informant due to nonfulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and there is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is the married

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37618 of 2020(2) dt.22-07-2021 2/2 sister-in-law of the deceased. She is separate in mess and property from the husband of the deceased. She has got no concern with the husband of the deceased.

On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the complaint case/F.I.R.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and also the lockdown, the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on her personal bond to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Siwan in connection with Basantpur (Lakdi Nabiganj O.P.) P.S. case No.46 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Once the normalcy is restored, the petitioner shall furnish bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each within a period of eight weeks to the satisfaction of the court concerned in connection with the aforesaid case.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T