Manti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68086 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-334 Year-2022 Thana- GRIYAK District- Nalanda ====================================================== 1.

MANTI DEVI W/O Naresh Mahto @ Naresh Prasad R/O Village- Palatpur, P.S- Katrisarai, District- Nalanda 2.

Naresh Mahto @ Naresh Prasad S/O Late Narayan Mahto R/O VillagePalatpur, P.S- Katrisarai, District- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sudish Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shailendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 19-01-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 304(B), 201/34 of the IPC and section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

The allegation against the petitioner is that they along with other accused persons have killed the daughter of the informant due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry and were trying to cremate the dead body hurriedly.

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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68086 of 2022(2) dt.19-01-2023 2/2 such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place. The allegation leveled against the petitioners is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. Petitioners are the motherin-law and father-in-law of the deceased. Husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody, which is mentioned at para-18 of the bail petition. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent.

Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, since husband of 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 Giriyak (Katrisarai) P.S. Case No.334 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T