Puja Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60695 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1 Year-2025 Thana- MEDNI CHAUKI District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Puja Devi W/o Sukendra Paswan R/o - Vrindavan, P.S - Kieul, District - Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Amrendra Kumar , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Rita Verma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State .
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 85 , 80 ( 2 ), 38 , 61 ( 2 ) and 3 (5) of BNS.
3 . It is a case of dowry death . As per prosecution case , informant alleged that his daughter was married to coaccused Chandra Shekhar Paswan five years ago and soon after the marriage , she was subjected to cruelty and torture by all the accused persons named in the F.I.R., due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry . Ultimately, all the F.I.R., named accused persons killed daughter of informant.
4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60695 of 2025(4) dt.19-11-2025 2/2 Petitioner is married Nanad of the deceased. She is simply victim of over implication . She is separate in mess and property and has got no concern with the affairs of couple . It is further orally submitted that husband of deceased has already surrendered and is in custody since 17.09.2025 . Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
5 . Learned counsel for the State opposed the bail petition .
6 Considering the aforesaid facts, clean antecedent of the petitioner and other circumstances of the case , in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Lakhisarai in connection with Medni Chowki P.S. Case No. 01 of 2025 , subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 . (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T