Rinku Devi @ Pinki Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56542 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-38 Year-2024 Thana- BANSHI District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Rinku Devi @ Pinki Devi Wife of Sudhir Kumar Pandit R/O VillageSidhrampur, P.S.- Banshi, Dist.- Arwal. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shailendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-11-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case in connection with Banshi P.S. Case No. 38 of 2024 registered for the offence/s punishable u/s 304(B), 120(B) read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have tortured the informant's sister mentally and physically due to non-fulfillment of demand of Rs. 5,00,000/- as dowry. On 18.03.2024 at about 12,00 hours, the informant got information that the accused persons have committed murder of his sister by administering some poisonous substance and the co-accused Ajay Kumar Sao being

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56542 of 2024(3) dt.13-11-2024 2/3 a quack doctor is also involved in the conspiracy to commit the said offence.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the deceased. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. As per the post mortem report, no injury (external or internal) has been found on the body of the deceased. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated at para 3 of the bail petition.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the allegation being general and omnibus, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Arwal, in connection with Banshi P.S. Case No. 38 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56542 of 2024(3) dt.13-11-2024 3/3 Criminal Procedure.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Jyoti/- U T