Jayanti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86634 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-165 Year-2019 Thana- DERNI BAZAR District- Saran ====================================================== JAYANTI DEVI, Female, aged about 63 years, Wife of Madan Mohan Sharma, Resident of Village-Kakrahat Tole Thikha, P.S.- Derni, DistrictSaran, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar.

2.

Ramashanker Singh, Son of Late Shital Singh, Resident of Village and P.O. - Jaitipur, P.S.- Lalganj, District - Vaishali. ... ... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Sunil Kumar Mishra, Advocate.

For the State :

Mr.Nand Kishore Prasad, A.P.P.

For the O.P. No. 2 : Mr. Ramakant Sharma, Sr. Advocate. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-02-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and senior counsel for the opposite party no. 2.

The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 498(A), 304(B) and 120(B) of the I.P.C.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner killed the daughter of the informant due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86634 of 2019(3) dt.23-02-2021 2/2 against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the deceased. She is separate in mess and property from the husband of the deceased. She has got no concern with the alleged occurrence. The husband of the deceased is in custody. On behalf of the State and opposite party no. 2, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.-XII, Saran, in connection with Derni P.S.Case No. 165/19, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) U.K./- U T