Punam Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41833 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-633 Year-2024 Thana- GAURICHAK District- Patna ====================================================== Punam Devi Wife of Raghuni Prasad Resident of Village- Beldari Tola, Police Station- Gaurichak, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Ms. Rita Verma, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER 04-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This application for grant of anticipatory bail arises out of Gaurichak Police Station Case No. 633 of 2024, instituted for the offences under Sections 80(2)/3/(5) of the B.NS.

3. The prosecution case is to the effect that the informant has alleged that her daughter was married to Shyambeer Kumar, who is the son of the petitioner. It was further alleged that due to demand of dowry and on nonfulfillment of the same she was done to death by her in-laws, family members including the petitioner.

4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is the mother-in-law and there is general and omnibus allegation and no specific attribution of overt act has been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41833 of 2025(2) dt.04-07-2025 2/3 assigned to the petitioner. It is further submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner used to reside separately from his son and daughter-in-law. It is also submitted that during the course of investigation, it has come that the petitioner and others had taken the daughter of the informant to the hospital once she had consumed poison, however, despite their efforts she could not be saved. It is lastly submitted that petitioner has clean antecedent.

5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid submissions made by the parties and taking into account the fact that the petitioner has clean antecedent, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Gaurichak P.S. Case No. 633 of 2024, subject to the following conditions:- (i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be her close relative and the other shall be local resident. (ii) The petitioner shall remain physically present in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41833 of 2025(2) dt.04-07-2025 3/3 Court on each date of the trial.

(iii) In case of absence on two consecutive dates or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioner will be liable to be cancelled by the court concerned. (iv) The learned Court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage it is found that the petitioner has concealed her criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned.

(Sourendra Pandey, J) Siwani/- U T