Patna High CourtCR. MISC./44365/2023bail rejected

Devanti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

2023-08-02Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44365 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-726 Year-2022 Thana- SHERGHATI District- Gaya ====================================================== DEVANTI DEVI wife of Shankar Manjhi Village- Kewal Dogala Ps- Bankey Bazar, Dist- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Md. Javed Jafar Khan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Syed Mojibur Rahman ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-08-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect (s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks on resumption of physical mode.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

3. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sherghati P.S. Case No. 726 of 2022 dated 13.08.2022 registered for the offences punishable u/s 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

4. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner is alleged to have killed her daughters by drowning into water beneath the Sherghati bridge. The informant is the husband of the petitioner.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44365 of 2023(3) dt.02-08-2023 2/2 that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is the mother of the deceased. Nothing incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 16.08.2023.

6. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner and submitted that there is specific allegation that the petitioner killed her daughters by drowning them into water.

7. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, as well as the specific and the heinous nature of allegation against this petitioner, I am not inclined to enlarge the above named petitioner on bail.

8. Accordingly, his prayer for grant of bail is rejected.

9. Learned trial court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same at the earliest.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Alok Verma/- U T