Somariya Devi @ Meena Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1736 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-56 Year-2020 Thana- KUDHNI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== 1.

SOMARIYA DEVI @ MEENA DEVI W/o Nandu Rai R/o Village- Rampur Balra, P.S.- Kudhani, Distt- Muzaffarpur.

2.

Chandeshwar Rai S/o Dalweshwar Rai R/o Village- Rampur Balra, P.S.- Kudhani, Distt- Muzaffarpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Hari Kishore Thakur For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Pranav Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 08-02-2023 Heard both sides.

Petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Kudhani P.S. Case No.56 of 2020, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 304(B), 201 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.

The petitioners are said to have killed the daughter of the informant for non-fulfillment of demand of additional dowry.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the instant case. It is submitted that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail petition.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1736 of 2023(2) dt.08-02-2023 2/2 It is further submitted that petitioner no.1 is mother-in-law and petitioner no.2 is cousin father-in-law of the deceased. It is also submitted that the husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody since as stated in paragraph-8 of the bail petition. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Taking into consideration the facts aforesaid, let petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M., 1st (West), Muzaffarpur in connection with Kudhani P.S. Case No.56 of 2020, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) S.KUMAR/- U T