Neetu Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.35484 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -55 Year- 2018 Thana -DANAPUR District- PATNA ======================================================
1. Neetu Devi wife of Jitendra Rai, resident of Village- Nasriganj Chai Tola, Police Station- Danapur, District- Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Akhauri Kamal Kishore Sahay, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Lalan Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 21-08-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
The petitioner is in custody in connection with Danapur P.S. Case No.55 of 2018, a case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I, Danapur, Patna.
Allegation against the petitioner is that she threw her eight months old son into Ganga River causing his death. The petitioner committed such act after quarreling with her husband, who is informant of this case. The case-diary would reveal that the other witnesses have also supported that soon after the occurrence he came to know that this petitioner threw her son into river after quarreling with her husband for cooking food.
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35484 of 2018 (4) dt.21-08-2018 P2/ Submission is that petitioner is in custody since 03.02.2018. Investigation of the case is already complete. The parties have entered into a compromise. Moreover, the petitioner is pregnant.
Considering the nature of allegation against the petitioner, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Hence, the prayer for bail is refused. The learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same preferably within six months, failing which the petitioner would be at liberty to renew the prayer for bail before the trial judge itself, who shall pass a reasoned order.
Let the learned Court-below as well as the Jail Authority take appropriate step for proper medical care of the petitioner.
(Birendra Kumar, J) Mkr./- U T