Sakunti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.79396 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-94 Year-2024 Thana- NAGARNAUSA District- Nalanda ====================================================== 1.

Sakunti Devi Wife of Late Nandu Yadav @ Nandu Gop Resident of VillageSadubigha, P.S.- Nagarnausa, District- Nalanda 2.

Munti Kumari @ Muniti Kumari D/O Nandu Yadav @ Nandu Yadav @ Nandu Gop Resident of Village- Sadubigha, P.S.- Nagarnausa, DistrictNalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioners :

Mr. Prasoon Shekhar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03-01-2025 Heard learned counsels for the parties.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 304B, 120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. It is a case of "dowry death".

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that Petitioner No. 1 is mother-in-law and Petitioner No. 2 is sister-in-law of the deceased. Petitioners are victim of over implication. There is no specific allegation of demand of dowry or torture. They are separate in mess & property and have got no concern with the affairs of the deceased and her husband. Thrust of accusation is against husband of the deceased, who is in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.79396 of 2024(3) dt.03-01-2025 2/2 custody since 14.09.2024. Petitioners claim clean antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-1st, Hilsa (Nalanda) in connection with Nagarnausa P.S. Case No. 94 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T