Mira Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65594 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-717 Year-2023 Thana- TURKAULIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.

MIRA DEVI WIFE OF MANEJAR SINGH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE - BAHRUPIYA, P.S. - TURKAULIYA, DISTRICT - EAST CHAMPARAN 2.

MANEJAR SINGH SON OF KRIT SINGH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE - BAHRUPIYA, P.S. - TURKAULIYA, DISTRICT - EAST CHAMPARAN ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Abhishek Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Uma Shankar Prasad Singh, APP For the Informant :

Mr.Rajesh Kumar, Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 22-01-2024 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 363, 498A, 302, 120B of the IPC and section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 3.

The allegation against the petitioners is that they along with other accused persons have killed the daughter of the informant 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. The allegation leveled against the petitioners is not specific

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65594 of 2023(3) dt.22-01-2024 2/2 rather general and omnibus in nature. Petitioners are the motherin-law and father-in-law of the deceased and they were living separately from the deceased and there is no specific allegation against them. Husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody since 20.08.2023. This fact is mentioned in the casediary. 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 Turkauliya P.S. Case No.717 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