Basanti Devi @ Shanti Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65258 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-342 Year-2018 Thana- CHANPATIA District- West Champaran ====================================================== Basanti Devi @ Shanti Devi Wife of Kantu Mukhiya Resident of Village - Chanpatia, Bin Toli, P.S. - Chanpatia, District - West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Sanjeev Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Uday Chand Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 13-07-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304B, 201, 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant for non-fulfillment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is mother-in-law of deceased and she has falsely been implicated in this case because she happens to be in relation of the husband of the deceased. Moreover, the husband and other co-accused
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65258 of 2021(2) dt.13-07-2022 2/2 have been acquitted of all the charges by learned Court below as gets reflected from Annexure-3 of the petition. The informant has subsequently retracted from the initial version.
Considering the fact that by order dated 11.01.2019 passed vide Cr. Misc. No. 992 of 2019, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail has already been rejected by a coordinate Bench of this Court, this Court is not inclined to take a different view in the matter. The prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner stands rejected.
Let learned Court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner, keeping in view the facts stated above, in accordance with law without being prejudiced by the order of this Court, if she surrenders within a period of four weeks from today and pray for bail. (Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) Shageer/- U T