Manju Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.75397 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-144 Year-2024 Thana- RAGHOPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== 1.

Manju Devi wife of Musafir Rai Resident of Village -Baharampur Police Station -Rustampur, Dist- Vaishali 2.

Guddu Rai @ Guddu Kumar son of Musafir Rai Resident of Village -Baharampur Police Station -Rustampur, Dist- Vaishali 3.

Musafir Rai son of Ram Janam Rai Resident of Village -Baharampur Police Station -Rustampur, Dist- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ranjeet Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 30-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant.

2. The petitioner no. 2 apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 304(B), 201, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The FIR has been lodged by the father of the deceased girl making an allegation that his daughter has been done to death by the accused persons on non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the brother-in-law of the deceased and there is no specific allegation against him in the FIR and he is also living

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75397 of 2024(5) dt.30-04-2025 2/3 separately and has no concern with the day to day affair of the deceased and her husband. It has also been submitted that the husband, who is primarily responsible for the welfare of the wife, is already in judicial custody and this fact has been brought by way of supplementary affidavit. It would further appear from the present application that two other accused persons of this case being mother-in-law and father-in-law (Petitioner nos. 1 and 3) have also been arrested and have, thus, been taken into judicial custody.

5. The application has been opposed by the learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant.

6. Taking into consideration the fact that the husband, mother-in-law and father-in-law of the deceased are already in custody and there is no specific allegation against the petitioners who is brother-in-law, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Raghopur P.S. Case No. 144 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75397 of 2024(5) dt.30-04-2025 3/3

(2) of the Cr.P.C. and subject to the further condition that the petitioner shall cooperate in the investigation/trial. (Soni Shrivastava, J) devendra/- U T