Sunita Pandey @ Sunita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52373 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-164 Year-2019 Thana- RASULPUR District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

Sunita Pandey @ Sunita Devi Wife Of Hare Ram Pandey Resident Of Village - Hanumanganj, P.S.- Rasulpur, District - Saran At Chapra. 2.

Hare Ram Pandey Son Of Late Chandeshwar Pandey Resident Of Village - Hanumanganj, P.S.- Rasulpur, District - Saran At Chapra. ... ... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Chandra Mohan Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Nagendra Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 13-12-2022 Heard the parties.

Learned counsel for the petitioners is directed to remove the defects within four weeks The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 326, 302, 34 of Indian Penal Code.

Allegedly, informant's daughter was tortured and assaulted by her in law for non-fulfillment of the dowry demands. Informant (father of the deceased) submitted that attempts were made earlier to try to burn her by sprinkling kerosene oil over her body and eventually on a fine day she was set ablaze by pouring kerosene oil on her body which led to her death.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioners are wife and husband and (brother in law and sister in law) of the deceased. He further submits that they are quite

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52373 of 2022(2) dt.13-12-2022 2/2 innocent and has committed no offence. They have been falsely implicated in this case and they have no concern with the daily affairs of the deceased and her husband. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that the husband of the deceased is already in custody. He further submits that the petitioners are living separately with deceased. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent.

Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and materials available on record, let the above named petitioners be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/Successor Court in Rasulpur P.S. Case No. 164 of 2019 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) ishika/divyanshi U T