Pinki Devi @ Pinki Kumari v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66160 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-188 Year-2023 Thana- HILSA District- Nalanda ====================================================== PINKI DEVI @ PINKI KUMARI WIFE OF SRI SOHAN MANJHI VILLAGE- BIJPURA, PS- DHANARUA, DIST- PATNA ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR PATNA ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Ashutosh Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Abhay Kumar Roy ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 02-01-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under section 302, 326, 201, 120B of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per FIR, the allegation against unknown miscreants is that they after beheading the deceased threw his dead body without head in a ditch.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. The petitioner is not named in the FIR and she has falsely been implicated in this present case merely on the basis of suspicion. During investigation, it came into light that the deceased had solemnized marriage with three
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66160 of 2023(3) dt.02-01-2024 2/2 other girls besides an extra marital affair. The informant is not an eye witness of the alleged occurrence and there is no specific allegation levelled against the petitioner. It is further submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. Moreover, she is languishing in judicial custody since 27.03.2023.
5. Learned APP appearing for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer of Bail.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case as well as judicial custody, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail in connection with Hilsa P.S. Case No. 188 of 2023 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned ACJM-I, Hilsa Nalanda.
(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) manishkumar/- U T