Basanti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.42861 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -66 Year- 2014 Thana -DAUDNAGAR District- AURANGABAD ====================================================== Basanti Devi .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bachan Jee Ojha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Nityanand(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-09-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the mother of the husband of the victim is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 304B and 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The basic accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after about six years of the marriage for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the victim committed suicide and the petitioner claims to be separate from the husband of the victim who has been granted regular bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 21578 of 2015. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42861 of 2015 (2) dt.09-09-2015 2/2 surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of `10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned SDJM, Daudnagar, Aurangabad in connection with Daud Nagar P.S. Case No. 66 of 2014, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Amrendra/- U T