Sandipika Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62661 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-425 Year-2023 Thana- BHAGWAN BAZAR District- Saran ====================================================== Sandipika Devi Wife of Santosh Kumar R/o Village- Kashi Bazar main road, P.S.- Bhagwan Bazar, District- Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Nikita Mittal, Adv.

Mr. Rajesh Roy, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Renu Kumari, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 05-10-2024 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 Section 304(B) 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.

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. Petitioner is sister-in-law of the deceased. She has falsely been implicated

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62661 of 2024(2) dt.05-10-2024 2/2 in this case due to ulterior motive. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is totally false and based on concocted facts. She has been living separately due to partition between husband of the deceased and his brothers. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the husband of the deceased has been languishing in judicial custody. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para 3 of the bail application.

5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, as husband of the deceased is 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 lower Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Bhagwan Bazar P.S. Case No. 425 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) divyanshi/- U T