Chandni Devi @ Chandani Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56103 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-65 Year-2023 Thana- BEERPUR District- Begusarai ====================================================== Chandni Devi @ Chandani Devi Wife Of Vikram Mahto @ Vikram Kumar Resident Of Village - Pakri (PAKARI), P.S. - Birpur, District - Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sandip Kumar Gautam, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Bhanu Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 07-08-2024 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. Counsel submits that inadvertently, paragraph 11 has been inserted in the bail petition of this case. Therefore, he seeks permission to remove the paragraph prior to argument.

3. Permission granted. Counsel for the petitioner is directed to do the same in course of the day.

4. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable in connection with Birpur P.S. Case No.65 of 2023 under Sections 304B, 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

5. As per the prosecution, the FIR has been lodged against three named accused and two accused persons on suspicion against whom there is allegation that marriage of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56103 of 2024(2) dt.07-08-2024 2/3 informant's maternal grand daughter has been solemnized with accused Devraj and other accused persons.

6. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He submits that the information about the death of maternal grand daughter of the informant has been provided to the informant by the husband of the deceased herself and on suspicion, the F.I.R. has been lodged by the informant against the petitioner, her husband and father-in-law.

7. Counsel further submits that it is the specific stand of the petitioner that she has no concern with the day to day affairs of the life of the deceased and her husband as they used to reside with her family and children separately at native village for food and mess. He further submits that the petitioner is the gotni and her husband was granted bail by this Hon'ble Court.

8. Counsel also submits that antecedent of the petitioner is clean.

9. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

10. In the present facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56103 of 2024(2) dt.07-08-2024 3/3 event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 4 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Begusarai in connection with Birpur P.S. Case No.65 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Dr. Anshuman, J.) Prakashmani/- U T