Shankuntala Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87499 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-392 Year-2024 Thana- NAANPUR District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== 1.
Shankuntala Devi W/O Late Suresh Sah Resident of village- Mohini, P.SNanpur, District- Sitamarhi 2.
Khushbu Kumari @ Khushbu Devi D/O Late Suresh Sah Resident of village- Mohini, P.S- Nanpur, District- Sitamarhi 3.
Lal Babu Sah S/O Fakira Sah Resident of village- Bathuli, P.S- Nanpur, District- Sitamarhi ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ravindra Nath Dubey, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad, APP.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 08-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 80, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. All the F.I.R. named accused persons including the petitioners, on non-fulfillment of demand of dowry, in furtherance of the common intention are said to have committed murder of the daughter of the informant after assaulting.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87499 of 2024(2) dt.08-01-2025 2/3 that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. No such occurrence as alleged has ever taken place. Petitioners are mother-in-law, nanad and brother-in-law of the deceased, respectively. They have falsely been implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. The allegation levelled against the petitioners is totally false and based on concocted facts. They had no concern with the internal dispute of the husband and wife. They have no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application. Learned counsel further submits that the husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.
6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, since husband of the deceased is already in judicial custody and there is no specific overt act against the petitioners, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned lower Court where the case is
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87499 of 2024(2) dt.08-01-2025 3/3 pending/successor Court in connection with Nanpur P.S. Case No. 392 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) divyanshi/- U T