Meena Devi @ Mina Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.56206 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -254 Year- 2015 Thana -KALYANPUR DistrictEASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI) ====================================================== Meena Devi @ Mina Devi W/o Satya Narain Singh, of vill- Deopur Parsa, P.S.- Kalyanpur, Dist- East Champaran.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sangeet Deokuliar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sadanand Paswan (Spl. Pp) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-12-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 436 and 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 (I) (X) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

It is alleged that the petitioner along with her husband put the dwelling house of the informant on fire. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that prior to the lodging of the present case another case was lodged with similar accusation and the accusation has been levelled in the background of litigated relationship between the parties and in fact the house of the informant was not put on fire. Considering the nature of accusation and the petitioner

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.56206 of 2015 (2) dt.10-12-2015 2/2 being a lady, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail for three months, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of `10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M., 1st Class, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Kalyanpur P.S. Case No. 254 of 2015, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.

Let the learned court below verify from the record whether the petitioner was instrumental in setting the house of the informant on fire or house of the informant was not put on fire at all then the provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed but if the learned court below comes to the conclusion otherwise, then the petitioner will surrender and pray for regular bail. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Amrendra/- U T