Ramavati Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.280 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-132 Year-2023 Thana- GAUTAMBUDHNAGAR DistrictSiwan ====================================================== Ramavati Devi W/o Shree Bhagwan Yadav @ Shree Bhagwan Ray R/o vill - Gularbaga (Dinapatti), P.S. - Gautambudh Nagar, Distt. - Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shambhu Prasad Yadav, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Yogendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-02-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case in connection with Gautambudh Nagar P.S. Case No. 132 of 2023 dated 18.04.2023 registered for the offence/s punishable u/ss 304B and 201 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have committed murder of the informant's sister due to non-fulfillment of demand of the Scorpio as dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the deceased.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.280 of 2024(2) dt.12-02-2024 2/2 The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner who is the mother-in-law of the deceased. The husband of the petitioner is already in custody. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the allegation being general and omnibus, let the above named petitioner, in the event of her arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Siwan in connection with Gautambudh Nagar P.S. Case No. 132 of 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T