Panpati Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.73019 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-125 Year-2018 Thana- MANJHAGARH District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Panpati Devi Wife of Late Rajendra Pasi, Resident of Village-Manjhagarh, Sekhtoli, P.S.-Manjhagarh, District-Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajesh Roy For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sri Dashrath Mehta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. KUMAR ORAL ORDER 14-12-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

Petitioner, who is in custody, seeks bail in connection with Manjhagarh P.S. Case No. 125 of 2018 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Informant is the father of deceased who has alleged in his written complaint that his daughter Kiran Devi was married to son of petitioner nine years ago and from said wedlock two sons were born. It has been further alleged that petitioner, sister in law, mother in law and brother in law of deceased used to torture her for one golden chain and Rs. 50,000/- in cash. The husband of the deceased used to live abroad and she came to know that daughter has been set ablaze

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.73019 of 2018(2) dt.14-12-2018 2/3 after sprinkling K. oil and when she reached the matrimonial house of his daughter she was found fully burnt and lying dead in the corridor.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that she is mother in law of deceased and marriage was solemnized nine years ago and no demand of golden chain or Rs. 50,000/- cash was ever made and she died while she was cooking and it was an accidental fire. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he is in custody since 15.05.2018.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner named above be released on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Addl. District and Sessions Judge-Vth, Gopalganj, in connection with Manjhagarh P.S. Case No. 125 of 2018 subject to the conditions that:-

(1) Bailors should be local having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the court concerned.

(2) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the court and his absence on two consecutive dates without proper and sufficient reason the trial court will be at liberty to cancel his bail bond.

(3) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses of the case, in that case,

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.73019 of 2018(2) dt.14-12-2018 3/3 prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail of the petitioner.

(S. Kumar, J) veena/- U T