Shivani Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60630 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-128 Year-2023 Thana- KAMTAUL District- Darbhanga ====================================================== 1.

SHIVANI DEVI W/O DEEPAK KAMTI R/O VILLAGE- BRAHMAPUR WEST, P.S- KAMTAUL, DISTT.- DARBHANGA.

2.

CHANDANI DEVI @ CHANDANI KUMARI W/O ROHIT KAMTI R/O VILLAGE- BRAHMAPUR WEST, P.S- KAMTAUL, DISTT.- DARBHANGA.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Alok Kumar Alok, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Syed Ehteshamuddin, APP For the Informant :

Mr.Pankaj Kumar Das, Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 12-10-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the informant and learned APP for the State. 2.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 498(A), 304(B), 120(B), 201/34 of the IPC.

3.

As per the prosecution case, daughter of the informant has been killed by F.I.R. named accused persons including the petitioners due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. 4.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. They have been falsely implicated in this case due to grudge. No such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60630 of 2023(2) dt.12-10-2023 2/2 The allegation leveled against the petitioners is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. They have never made any dowry demand and they were living separately from the deceased. It is further submitted that petitioners are the sistersin-law (gotanis) of the deceased and husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent.

5.

Learned APP for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant opposed the prayer for bail.

6.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, since husband of the deceased is already in custody, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their 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) each 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 with Kamtaul P.S. Case No.128 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T