Meena Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50977 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-13 Year-2023 Thana- BIDUPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== 1.
MEENA DEVI W/O NAGINA DAS R/O VILLAGE- GOKHULPUR, P.SBIDUPUR, DISTT.- VAISHALI. 2.
NAGINA DAS S/O LATE RAM PRASAD DAS R/O VILLAGEGOKHULPUR, P.S- BIDUPUR, DISTT.- VAISHALI. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Dhirendra Prasad Sinha, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Syed Ehteshamuddin, APP.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 21-08-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304(B), 201, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. All the F.I.R. named accused persons including the petitioners, on non-fulfillment of demand of dowry, in furtherance of the common intention are said to have committed murder of the sister of the informant.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. No such occurrence as alleged has ever taken place. Petitioners are mother-in-law and father-in-law of the deceased,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50977 of 2024(3) dt.21-08-2024 2/2 aged about 74 & 77 years, respectively. Petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. The allegation levelled against the petitioners is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. It is further submitted that the petitioners have been living separately from their son and daughter-in-law for a long time and they had no concern with their daily affairs. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent, as mentioned in para-3 of this application.
5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case as well as the age of the petitioners, the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned lower Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Bidupur P.S. Case No. 13 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) divyanshi/- U T