Shikha Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51392 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-196 Year-2023 Thana- RAMPUR District- Gaya ====================================================== SHIKHA KUMARI DAUGHTER OF MURARI PRASAD@ MURARI SINGH RESIDENT OF POLICE LINE ROAD, GEWAL BIGHA, PSRAMPUR, DIST- GAYA (BIHAR) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravindra Kumar Shukla , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Narsingh Tanti , Addl. Public Prosecutor ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-08-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 406, 420, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, co-accused Murari Prasad handed over ten cheques of different dominions to the informant, when it were presented to the banker of the informant, those cheques got dishonoured for want of sufficient money and when the informant went to the co-accused persons, she and other co-accused persons chased him to attack.

4. It is submitted that petitioner has been made accused in this case merely because she happens to be daughter

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51392 of 2023(2) dt.18-08-2023 2/2 of co-accused Mr. Murari Prasad who is alleged to have entered into agreement for sale of land and committed cheat with the informant for which he is already in jail. The cheques which has been dishonoured belongs to co-accused Murari Prasad as such, no case, as alleged in the FIR is made out against this petitioner. Rest of the allegation against this petitioner is superaddition to make the case grave . Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned counsel for the State opposes the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks from today, let the petitioner, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C . J . M, Gaya in connection with Rampur P.S. case no. 196 of 2023 , subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Kaushik/- U T