Reeta Devi @ Reeta Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58337 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-42 Year-2023 Thana- PUPRI District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== 1.

Reeta Devi @ Reeta Jha Wife of Kashinath Jha Village- Hardiya, P.S.- Pupri, District- Sitamarhi 2.

Suryamukhi Devi Wife of Late Balbodh Jha Village- Hardiya, P.S.- Pupri, District- Sitamarhi 3.

Deepak Kumar Jha Son of Kashinath Jha Village- Hardiya, P.S.- Pupri, District- Sitamarhi 4.

Kashinath Jha Son of Late Balbodh Jha Village- Hardiya, P.S.- Pupri, District- Sitamarhi ... ... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Renu Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 20-09-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Pupri P.S. Case No. 42 of 2023 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 307, 323, 504, 379, 448 / 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The allegation against the petitioners is that they alongwith co-accused persons had assaulted the informant. The specific allegation against petitioners Suryamukhi Devi and Reeta Devi is that they have also assaulted by fists and slaps and took out ornaments from the possession of the complainant /

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58337 of 2023(2) dt.20-09-2023 2/2 informant.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the alleged date of occurrence is 14.07.2022, the complaint had been filed on 16.07.2022 and the F.I.R has been instituted on 29.01.2023. Petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case due to land dispute between the parties. Both the parties are pattidars. They have no criminal antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioners be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Pupri, Sitamarhi in connection with Pupri P.S. Case No. 42 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) shweta/- U T