Saraswati Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 51109 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-90 Year-2022 Thana- DURAULI District- Siwan ====================================================== 1.

Saraswati Devi W/O Ghura Thakur R/O Village- Lenja, P.S.- Darauli, District- Siwan 2.

Prity Kumari D/O Ghura Thakur R/O Village- Lenja, P.S.- Darauli, DistrictSiwan ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Kunal Tiwary For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Madan Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 12-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

Learned counsel for the petitioners undertakes to remove the defects, if any, within three weeks. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341,323, 307, 504, 34 of Indian Penal Code along with 3 /4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code. As per FIR, petitioners were charged of harassing the informant's daughter and thus setting her ablaze by pouring kerosene oil on her for non-fulfilment of the demand of motorcycle and gold chain from her father (informant). Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and has been falsely implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 51109 of 2022(2) dt.12-12-2022 2/2 this case. He further submits that petitioner no. 1 is mother in law and petitioner no. 2 is sister-in-law of the deceased and husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody. He submits that they never demanded any kind of dowry from the family of the deceased. Deceased used to live separately with her husband. He submits that there is general and omnibus allegation levelled against the petitioners. He further submits that petitioners have no criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of the bail application Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail 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 connection with Darauli P.S. Case No. 90 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) ishika/devendra U T