The State Of Bihar And ORS v. Hiramuni Debi

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Letters Patent Appeal No.1078 of 2017 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13431 of 2007 ======================================================

1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Old Secretariat, Patna.

2. The Secretary-cum-Home Commissioner, State of Bihar, Patna.

3. The Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna

4. The Inspector General of Police, (Hqrs) & Administration, Patna.

5. The Deputy Inspector General, Munger.

6. The Superintending of Police, Lakhisarai.

... ... Appellants

Versus

Hiramuni Debi, W/o Late Ganesh Singh, Resident of Village-Mahuli, P.S.-Ara Muffasil, District-Bhojpur.

... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s :

Mr. Prem Ranjan Kumar For the Respondent/s :

Mr.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI and HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI) 15-05-2018 Heard counsel for the State and counsel for the private respondent.

The learned single Judge has considered all the aspects of the matter in quite a detail and has found that the private respondent, whose husband was done to death by extremists, was entitled to compensation which has been envisaged under the policy.

The plea of the State that the death had happened due to a quarrel, which the husband of the private respondent had entered into while consuming liquor, has not been established by

Patna High Court LPA No.1078 of 2017(4) dt.15-05-2018 2/2 any kind of medical evidence etc. In other words, the plea was taken only to defeat the right of the private respondent. In totality, therefore, the Court is not inclined to interfere with the order impugned. Appeal is dismissed being devoid of merit.

(Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J) ( Nilu Agrawal, J) Pawan/- U