Pratibha Devi @ Pratima Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81001 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-187 Year-2023 Thana- GAUTAMBUDHNAGAR DistrictSiwan ====================================================== PRATIBHA DEVI @ PRATIMA DEVI WIFE OF RANJAY SAH R/O VILLAGE- MADHOPUR (MADHOPUR AHIR TOLA), P.S.- G.B. NAGAR, DIST.- SIWAN ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR PATNA ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Satyendra Rai, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Nawal Kishore Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 19-12-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 304(B), 201/34 of the IPC and section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3.

The allegation against the petitioner is that she along with other accused persons have killed the daughter of the informant due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. She has been falsely implicated in this case due to grudge. No such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place. The allegation leveled against the petitioner is not specific rather

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81001 of 2023(2) dt.19-12-2023 2/2 general and omnibus in nature. Petitioner is the negotiator of the marriage of the informant's daughter and she has no concern with the family of the husband of the deceased. The husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody. This fact is mentioned in para-9 of this bail application. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

5.

Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail. 6.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, since husband of deceased is already in custody, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with G.B. Nagar P.S. Case No.187 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T