Chameli Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.31360 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -17 Year- 2016 Thana -PARBATTA District- BHAGALPUR ====================================================== Chameli Devi, wife of Bibhash Mandal, Resident of Village- Raghopur, Police Station- Parbatta, District Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dilip Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ram Sumiran Roy, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 26-09-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner is the Gotani of the deceased lady and is apprehending her arrest in a case registered under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is also the first cousin sister of the deceased who had been opposing the love marriage between the deceased and her husband Diwakar Mandal and, therefore, there was an animosity existent between them and it is for the said reason, that her name was brought into the present case. Having considered the nature of allegations and that the present petitioner stands in a similar situation as the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31360 of 2016 (3) dt.26-09-2016 2/2 deceased is one of the daughters-in-law in the family, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of `10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Naugachia, District-Bhagalpur, in connection with Parbatta P.S. Case No.17 of 2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Anjana Mishra, J) PNM U