Heera Devi And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.64953 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-139 Year-2018 Thana- DHAMDAHA District- Purnia ====================================================== 1.

Heera Devi wife of Late Subodh Kumar 2.

Puja Devi wife of Fantus Jha D/o Late Subodh Kunwar Both R/o Village-Debri, P.S. B. Kothi, District -Purnea ... ... Petitioners

Versus

The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioners :

Mr. N.K. Agrawal, Sr. Advocate Dr. Bidhu Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party :

Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIKASH JAIN ORAL ORDER 25-01-2019 Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest for the offences alleged under Sections 302 and 201 registered in connection with Dhamdaha P.S. Case N. 139 of 2018.

3. It is submitted that the petitioners, who are mother-inlaw and married sister-in-law of the deceased, have been falsely implicated and in any event, there is no material to connect the practitioners with the alleged occurrence. The husband of the deceased has already been taken into custody. The petitioners claim clean antecedents.

4. Having regard to the nature of accusations and gravity of offence alleged, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. The anticipatory bail petition stands dismissed.

5. If the petitioners surrender and seek regular bail before the learned trial Court, the same shall be considered on its own merit in accordance with law and without being prejudiced by any observation in the present order.

BT/Chandran (Vikash Jain, J) U T