Manju Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.83577 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-297 Year-2024 Thana- RAHUI District- Nalanda ====================================================== 1.

Manju devi W/o- Sunil Yadav R/v - Dharmasi bigha, P. s. -Rahui , District -Nalanda 2.

Sampat Devi W/o- Kedar Yadav R/v - Dharmasi bigha, P. s. -Rahui , District -Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Kumari Sujata Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Zainul Abedin, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 17-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Rahui P.S. Case No. 297 of 2024 instituted for the offences under Sections 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. Prosecution story, in short, is that the petitioners along with other family members have killed the deceased for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner no.1 is the gotani and petitioner no.2 is the mother-inlaw of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.83577 of 2024(3) dt.17-01-2025 2/2 against these petitioners. Learned counsel further submitted that there is no specific allegation of demand of dowry from these petitioners. The specific allegation of torturing and killing the deceased is against the husband of the deceased who is already in custody. Charge-sheet has been submitted in this case. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent.

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

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the 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 Court below/concerned Court in connection with Rahui P.S. Case No. 297 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T