Shakuntala Devi And ORS v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.64293 of 2018 ======================================================

1. Shakuntala Devi, wife of Late Mahendra Pandit.

2. Munni Kumari @ Munni Dei, D/O of Late Mahendra Pandit.

3. Devendar Pandit @ Debendra Pandit, Son of Late Machchhar Pandit. All of them Resident of Village-Thumma,P.S. Runnisaidpur,Distt.- Sitamarhi .... .... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioners : Mr. Alok Kumar Alok, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mrs. Renuka Ratnakar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-10-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 304(B) and 201/34 of the IPC.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioners killed the victim due to nonfulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have been made accused in

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.64293 of 2018 (2) dt.26-10-2018 2/2 the present case due to mistake of fact. The petitioner no. 1 is mother-in-law, petitioner no. 2 is married Nanad and petitioner no. 3 is cousin father-in-law (Chachera Sasur) of the deceased. They are separate in mess and property from the husband of the deceased.

On behalf of the learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioners are named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Incharge C.J.M. Sitamarhi, in connection with Runisaidpur P.S. Case No. 393 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T