Aruna Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.24920 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -295 Year- 2015 Thana -BAKHTIYARPUR District- PATNA ====================================================== Aruna Devi, Wife of Umesh Pandit, Resident of Alinagar, Police StationBakhtiyarpur, District- Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Gajanan Mishra For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Ashok Kumar Singh 1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KISHORE KUMAR MANDAL ORAL ORDER 13-07-2017 Heard both sides.

Apprehending his arrest in Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 295 of 2015 registered under Section 379, 289, 304(A) of the Indian Penal Code, the present application is filed for grant of anticipatory bail.

Petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The allegation is that the wife of the informant was ill-treated by the doctor at Bakhtiyarpur and when the condition deteriorated, she was referred to Patna where she died.

It is submitted that the petitioner was only serving as a nursing staff in the hospital at Bakhtiyarpur. He also submits that co-accused G.S.Kadiri @ Gayasuddin Kadiri and Dr. Nand Kishore Mahto @ Dr. N.K. Mehta, who are named in the F.I.R., have since been granted anticipatory bail vide order dated

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24920 of 2017 (3) dt.13-07-2017 2/2 06.07.2017 and 21.03.2017 passed in Cr. Misc. Nos. 23256 of 2017 and 11012 of 2017 respectively.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender in the Court below within four weeks, the petitioner abovenamed is directed to be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of A.C.J.M., Barh, Patna in Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 295 of 2015 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. with the further condition that one of the bailers shall be the own/close family member of the petitioner. (Kishore Kumar Mandal, J) Pankaj/- U T