Devnandan Sharma @ Devnandan Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69899 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-185 Year-2023 Thana- VAISHALI District- Vaishali ====================================================== 1.

Devnandan Sharma @ Devnandan Thakur Son of Late Jitlal Thakur Village - Daudnagar, Ps- Vaishali, Dist- Vaishali 2.

Kaushaliya Devi @ Saraswati Devi Wife of Devnandan Sharma @ Devnandan Thakur Village - Daudnagar, Ps- Vaishali, Dist- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mritunjay Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, APP For the Informant :

Mr. Vinay Kumar Mishra, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 25-10-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioners seek bail in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 498A, 302, 201 and 34 of the IPC.

3.

The prosecution case in short is that the petitioners along with other co-accused persons assaulted the daughter of the informant for demand of dowry and due to its non-fulfillment, coaccused persons killed her. 4.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. No offence as alleged has ever taken place. They have been falsely implicated in this case. It is submitted that petitioner are in-laws of the deceased and they always treated her

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69899 of 2024(2) dt.25-10-2024 2/2 with dignity, love and respect and never demanded dowry. It is also submitted that the petitioners used to live apart from their son. Petitioners are under custody since 24.07.2024 and husband of the deceased has also been taken under custody on 30.07.2024. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent.

5.

Learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant opposed the prayer for bail.

6.

Considering the facts and circumstances of this case, the above named petitioners are directed to be enlarged on bail 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/the Successor Court, in connection with Vaishali P.S. Case No. 185 of 2023 with the following condition:- (1) The petitioners shall remain physically present in the court on each and every date during trial and in the event of failure on two consecutive dates without sufficient reasons, their bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled by the learned court concerned.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) priyanka/- U T