Kalawati Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62012 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-110 Year-2024 Thana- MAHARAJGANJ District- Siwan ====================================================== Kalawati Devi wife of Hoti Ray Yadav Village- Chandauli, P.S.- Maharajganj, District- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Bishwa Bijay Kumar, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Aslam Ansari, APP.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 13-12-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304(B), 201, 120(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. All the F.I.R. named accused persons including this petitioner, on non-fulfillment of demand of dowry, in furtherance of the common intention are said to have committed murder of the daughter of the informant after assaulting.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No such occurrence as alleged has ever taken place. She has falsely been implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is totally false and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62012 of 2024(3) dt.13-12-2024 2/3 based on concocted facts. She has been made accused in the present case merely because she is mother-in-law of the deceased. The real fact is that the petitioner has been living separate from her son since long. She has no role in the alleged occurrence. It is further submitted that the husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody and has been languishing in custody since 16.04.2024. Similarly situated coaccused, namely, Hotirai Yadav, father in law of the deceased has been enlarged on bail by this court vide order dated 11.11.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 75580 of 2024. Learned counsel further submits that petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.
6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, since there is no specific overt act against the petitioner and the husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62012 of 2024(3) dt.13-12-2024 3/3 with Maharajganj P.S. Case No. 110 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) divyanshi/- U T