Gita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89422 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-412 Year-2021 Thana- TAJPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== 1 .

Gita Devi W/O- Devendra sahni Resident of Vill- Mirjapur, P.S.- Tajpur, District- Samstipur 2.

Devendra Sahni Son of Heman Sahni Resident of Vill- Mirjapur, P.S.- Tajpur, District- Samstipur 3 .

Upendra Sahni Son of Heman Sahni Resident of Vill- Mirjapur, P.S.- Tajpur, District- Samstipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar Patna 2.

Jairam Sahni Son of Late Devki Sahni Resident of Vill- Dih Buchauli, P.S.- Jandaha, District- Vaishali ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dilip Kumar Roy, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad , APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State .

2. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 304B/201/34 and other ancillary sections of the Indian Penal Code 3 . It is a case of dowry death . The daughter of the informant was married with co-accused Deepak Kumar on 11.12.2019 and thereafter she went to her sasural. After some time of marriage , these petitioners along with other co-accused

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89422 of 2024(3) dt.05-02-2025 2/3 persons started demanding dowry and due to non-fulfillment of the same , all the accused persons killed the daughter of informant.

4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that petitioner No. 1 is mother-in law , petitioner No. 2 is father-in law and petitioner No. 3 is cousin father-in -law of the deceased. They are simply victim of over implications. They are separate in mess and property and have got no concern with the affairs of deceased and her husband. Specific accusation is against the husband of the deceased who is already in custody . Petitioners claim clean antecedent.

5 . Learned counsel for the State opposed the bail petition .

6 Considering the aforesaid facts, clean antecedent of the petitioners and other circumstances of the case , in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioners, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate - I Samastipur in connection with Tajpur P.S. Case No. 412 of 2021 , subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89422 of 2024(3) dt.05-02-2025 3/3 Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 .

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T