Ramanti Devi @ Rambanti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53817 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-226 Year-2023 Thana- BIHTA District- Patna ====================================================== 1.

Ramanti Devi @ Rambanti Devi, W/O - Late Shiv Narayan Manjhi, R/O Village- Bishambharpur, P.S- Bihta, Distt.- Patna. 2.

Hemanti Devi, W/O Maheshwar Manjhi, R/O Village- Bishambharpur, P.SBihta, Distt.- Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Parashuram Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Umesh Lal Verma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-08-2023

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Bihta P.S. Case No. 226 of 2023 dated 06.03.2023 registered for the offence punishable under Section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The main submissions advanced by learned counsel for the petitioners are that both the petitioners are women and in the FIR merely suspicion was raised by the informant against them, in fact the petitioners are married lady and sisters of the main co-accused namely Fulwa Devi, in whose house the dead body of the victim was found, owing to the said relationship both the petitioners have been implicated in the present case and as per the allegation, the victim used to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53817 of 2023(2) dt.23-08-2023 2/2 visit the house of Fulwa Devi, so there was no reason for the petitioners to be involved in the alleged crime of murder. It is further submitted that there is no specific allegation against the petitioners and the informant is not an eye-witness of the commission of the alleged occurrence.

4. Learned APP for the State has opposed the bail prayer but fairly accepted that against the petitioners merely suspicion was raised by the informant.

5. Considering the above submissions and taking into account the nature of allegation appearing against the petitioners from the FIR, in my opinion the petitioners deserve to the privilege of anticipatory bail. Accordingly, let the petitioners named-above, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Court concerned in connection with Bihta P.S. Case No. 226 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Shailendra Singh, J) annu/- U T