Hewanti Devi @ Hevanti Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.88010 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-309 Year-2024 Thana- BANIAPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Hewanti Devi @ Hevanti Devi W/o- Mokhtar Mahto R/o Village- Harpur (sohai sahpur) P.S. Baniyapur, District- Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Avinash Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Satya Nand Shukla ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 08-01-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 96/137 of BNS.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman and the informant alleges that Khushboo Kumari took her minor daughter to Chapra railway station and helped her fled with Vinay, further Sima, Guddu, Rambha and Aman were also involved in the occurrence, next alleges that her daughter fled with jewellery worth Rs. 2,50,000/- and cash Rs. 25,000/-, hence apprehends that father and mother of Vinay may kill her daughter.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner, being mother of Vinay, has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant to coerce Vinay into submission.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.88010 of 2024(2) dt.08-01-2025 2/2 It is next submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that the informant alleges that the victim fled with jewellery and cash which amply demonstrates that she was in love with Vinay. It is further submitted that no doubt the son of the petitioner has committed an offence, but then petitioner should not be penalized being mother of Vinay.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Baniyapur P.S. Case No. 309 of 2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T