Uma Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72964 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-204 Year-2023 Thana- BHANGWANPUR HAT District- Siwan ====================================================== 1.

Uma Devi Wife Of Late Chandrama Rai Resident Of Village- Maghari, P.S.- Bhagwanpur Hat, District- Siwan 2.

Rina Devi Wife Of Parma Rai Resident Of Village- Rajapur, P.S.- Basantpur, District- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Irshad Ahmad Khan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shailendra Kumar, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-11-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioners is permitted to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of three weeks from today.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

3. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Bhagwanpur Hat P.S Case No. 204 of 2023 dated 04.06.2023 registered for the offence punishable u/ss 304B, 120B read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

4. As per the prosecution case, the petitioners and the co-accused persons are alleged to have strangulated the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72964 of 2023(2) dt.23-11-2023 2/3 informant's daughter to death due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners have falsely been implicated in this case. It is further submitted that petitioners have neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. The petitioner no.1 is the mother-in-law and the petitioner no.2 is the sister-in-law of the deceased. It is further submitted that the allegations are general and omnibus in nature. The petitioners are ladies. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

6. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer of anticipatory bail of the petitioners. 7.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Siwan in connection with Bhagwanpur Hat P.S. Case No. 204 of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72964 of 2023(2) dt.23-11-2023 3/3 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

8. This application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Nilmani/- U T