Girija Devi @ Girja Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.38464 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -108 Year- 2017 Thana -NATWAR District- SASARAM (ROHTAS) ====================================================== Girija Devi @ Girja Devi, wife of Rishikesh Upadhyay, resident of VillageChausa, Police Station- Chausa, Now Police Station- Buxar (M), DistrictBuxar. .... .... Petitioner

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

For the Petitioner : Mr. Nil Kamal, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Uma Shankar Prasad Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-08-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 498(A), 304(B), 302 and 120(B) of the IPC.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner killed the victim due to nonfulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has been made accused in the present

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38464 of 2018 (3) dt.06-08-2018 2/2 case due to mistake of fact. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the deceased. She is separate in mess and property from the husband of the victim.

On behalf of the learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M. Ist Class, Bikramganj, Rohtas, in connection with Natwar P.S. Case No. 108 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T