Manta Devi @ Mamta Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.64190 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-7 Year-2021 Thana- KARAI PARSURAI District- Nalanda ====================================================== Manta Devi @ Mamta Devi, W/o- Dinesh Prasad @ Dinesh Yadav, VillageSandh ke Bigha (Sondh Bigha), P.S.- Karai Parsurai, Dist- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Anil Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ajit Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-12-2024 Heard Mr. Anil Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Ajit Kumar, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Karai Parsurai P.S. Case No. 07 of 2021 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 304(B), 201, 34 and 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the petitioner, along with the other accused persons, for nonfulfillment of the demand of the dowry, committed murder of the daughter of the informant and kept in hide the dead-body of the deceased.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that neither the petitioner subjected the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.64190 of 2024(2) dt.06-12-2024 2/3 daughter of the informant to cruelty nor demanded dowry and the present FIR has been lodged in a haste manner. He further submitted that the final form has been submitted. The petitioner is mother-in-law of the deceased. The petitioner has clean antecedent. On these grounds, the petitioner seeks to be released on bail.
5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail.
6. Having considered the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, the fact that the final form has been submitted and the petitioner has clean antecedent, I am of the opinion that petitioner has, prima facie, made out a case to be released on pre-arrest bail.
7. The petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Karai Parsurai P.S. Case No. 07 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
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8. The Court below is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner, as stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail application. If any other case is pending against the petitioner, as what has been stated in paragraph no. 3, this order will lose its force automatically. (Purnendu Singh, J.) Ashishsingh/- U T