Meena Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60241 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-266 Year-2020 Thana- DINARA District- Rohtas ====================================================== MEENA DEVI W/o CHULHAI LAL @ CHULAHAN LAL @ CHULAHAI LAL R/o VILLAGE-AKORHA, P.S- DINARA (BHANAS), DISTRICTROHTAS (BIHAR). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rajani Kant Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Jharkhandi Upadhyay ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 30-03-2022 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Dinara (Bhanas) P.S. Case No. 266 of 2020, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation is regarding the accused persons including the petitioner herein, who is the mother-in-law of the deceased victim lady, to have killed the deceased victim lady on account of non-fulfillment of the demand for dowry.

The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent, she

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60241 of 2021(2) dt.30-03-2022 2/3 has been falsely implicated in the present case, she is having a clean antecedent and she is languishing in custody since 24.6.2021. The learned counsel for the petitioner has referred to paragraph no. 13 of the present petition to submit that the husband of the deceased, namely, Tuntun Lal, is already in custody since 31.1.2021, hence, no prejudice would be caused to the prosecution in case, the petitioner is granted bail, who in any case was also living separately from her son and her daughter-in-law. Per contra, the learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into account the materials available on record as also considering the fact that the petitioner is the mother-in-law of the deceased victim lady and the main accused i.e. the husband of the deceased victim lady is in custody, I deem it fit and proper to direct for

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60241 of 2021(2) dt.30-03-2022 3/3 release of the petitioner on regular bail.

Accordingly, the above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned ACJM III, Bikramganj, District-Rohtas in connection with Dinara (Bhanas) P.S. Case No. 266 of 2020.

(Mohit Kumar Shah, J) Ajay/- U T