Neelam Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65059 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-409 Year-2024 Thana- MUZAFFARPUR SADAR DistrictMuzaffarpur ====================================================== Neelam Devi Wife of Late Ram Kishun Thakur Mohalla - Jagarnath Patahi, Ward No. 2, P.S. - Muzaffarpur Sadar, Dist.- Muzaffarpur, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Awnish Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shahabuddin Azeem @ S. Azeem, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-11-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No. 409 of 2024 dated 27.06.2024 registered for the offences punishable u/ss 304B read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have killed the informant's daughter due to non-fulfillment of demand of four wheeler as dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65059 of 2024(3) dt.22-11-2024 2/2 petitioner. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the deceased and they have no concern with the family affairs of the deceased. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the informant's daughter. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 28.6.2024. The co-accused persons have already been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 11.09.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 65114 of 2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Muzaffarpur in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No. 409 of 2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Shivam/- U T