Pratima Devi @ Pratime Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49072 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-28 Year-2021 Thana- DHAKA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Pratima Devi @ Pratime Devi, W/o Ram Chandra Raut, R/o Village-Jamua, P.S- Dhaka, Distt.- East Champaran.

... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rahul Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Uday Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 04-09-2024 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The accused/petitioner is named in the FIR and appending her arrest in connection with Dhaka P.S. Case No.28 of 2021 for the offences punishable under Sections 304-B, 120-B read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. The allegation against the petitioner is to cause death of daughter of informant along with other coaccused persons/ family members due to non-fulfilment of demand of dowry as raised for cash of Rs.2 lacs.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner has been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49072 of 2024(2) dt.04-09-2024 2/3 implicated in this case only being mother-in-law of deceased. It is also submitted that thrust of allegation is available against the husband of deceased, who has already acquitted after completion of trial through judgment dated 16.08.2022 as passed in Session Trial No.184 of 2022 passed by learned A.D.J.-XXII, East Champaran, Motihari, Bihar. While concluding argument, it is submitted that petitioner is lady of clean antecedent.

5. The learned APP opposed the payer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, as petitioner is mother-in-law and a lady of clean antecedent, let the above-named petitioner is directed to be released on bail in the event of her arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikrahana/Dhaka, East Champaran in connection with Dhaka P.S. Case No.28 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49072 of 2024(2) dt.04-09-2024 3/3 Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

Sanjeet/- (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.) U T