Sukawariya Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62380 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-718 Year-2020 Thana- BHABHUA District- Kaimur (Bhabua) ====================================================== SUKAWARIYA DEVI W/o Late Ram Kumar Singh R/o Village- Bakri Bassauli, P.S.- Buxar(Ind), Distt- Buxar.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bachan Jee Ojha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shailendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 08-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304(B) and34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is mother-in-law of the deceased aged about 70 years and is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that his daughter was married to Dharmendra and after marriage, Dharmendra and his brother Birendra were demanding dowry for purchasing land, it is next alleged that once the informant was called and Birendra and Dharmendra demanded dowry in presence of the petitioner and on nonfulfillment of dowry demand, his daughter was killed. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62380 of 2022(2) dt.08-12-2022 2/2 petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case, it is next submitted that allegation of demand of dowry and assault against the petitioner is general and omnibus in nature, rather thrust of the allegation of demand of dowry is against Virender and Dharmendra, it is also submitted that husband of the deceased has been granted anticipatory bail by a learned coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 01.12.2022 in Cr. Misc. No. 39670 of 2021.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) 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 Bhabua P.S. Case No. 718 of 2020 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T