Santoshi Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.33692 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -197 Year- 2017 Thana -NOKHA District- SASARAM (ROHTAS) ======================================================

1. Santoshi Devi, W/o Pintu Chaudhari, R/o Village- Sisirit Chaudhary Tola, P.S.- Nokha (Dharmapura), District- Rohtas at Sasaram. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raghunandan Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Amit Kumar Rakesh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PRIYA ORAL ORDER 2/ 22-06-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Petitioner apprehends her arrest in Nokha (Dharmapura) P.S. Case No.197 of 2017 instituted for the offence under Section(s) 147, 148, 149, 323, 307, 504, 506, 353, 427 Indian Penal Code.

Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a lady. She has been made accused merely because she is wife of accused, Pintu Chaudhary.

In the written report, it is alleged that police got information that Pintu Chaudhary is going to his house with illicit liquor. When the police reached the house of Pintu Chaudhary, he raised alarm and thereafter villagers assembled and pelted stones on the police party.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33692 of 2018 (2) dt.22-06-2018 2/2 As such, there is no specific allegation against the petitioner.

In the facts and circumstances of the case, prayer of the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail is allowed. In the event of surrender/arrest of the petitioner, named above, within six weeks from today in connection with Nokha (Dharmapura) P.S. Case No.197 of 2017, she shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of `10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub Judge IX-cum-ACJM, Rohtas at Sasaram, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr. P. C. with further conditions: (1) bailors should be local having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the court concerned, (2) petitioner shall cooperate in the trial and shall be present on each and every date fixed by the court and her absence on two consecutive dates without proper and reasonable reason will be liable to cancel her bail bond and (3) if petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses of the case, in that case, prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail of the petitioner.

(Sanjay Priya, J) JA/- U T