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Ranjana Shukla v. the State of Bihar

Patna HC17 Feb 2022CR. MISC./5209/2022

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High Court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner, mother-in-law of deceased in a dowry death case, directing removal of defects and furnishing bond with sureties within specified periods subject to normalcy.

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Anticipatory bail granted on personal bond; to furnish bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties within eight weeks after normalcy; remove defects within four weeks.

Ranjana Shukla Vs the State of Bihar — Bail and Remand | Patna HC (2022)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5209 of 2022

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-420 Year-2021 Thana- TURKAULIYA District- East

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Champaran

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RANJANA SHUKLA Wife of Krishna Kumar Shukla @ K.K. Shukla Resident of Village - Raghunathpur, Ward No. 3, Police Station - Raghunathpur O.P., District - East Champaran.

... ... Petitioner/s

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THE STATE OF BIHAR

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Rajesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Nawal Kishore Prasad, APP ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER

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2 17-02-2022

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Due to the third wave of COVID-19 Pandemic, the

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matter is being taken up by way of Virtual Court proceeding.

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The matter has been listed under the heading ‘For

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Orders’ under the orders of Hon’ble the Chief Justice.

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual mode.

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Learned Counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, within a period of four weeks after restoration of normalcy.

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The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Turkaulia (Raghunathpur O.P.) P.S. case No.420 of 2021 registered under Sections 304(B), 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5209 of 2022(2) dt.17-02-2022 2/3

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Allegation is that the accused persons including the petitioner caused death of the daughter of the informant due to non-fulfilment of demand of dowry.

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It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and there is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in this 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.

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On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the complaint case/F.I.R.

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It is necessary to indicate here that this Court while considering the prayer made in the present anticipatory bail application has taken note of the exponential rise in number of covid cases due to outbreak of third wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Further this Court can also not lose sight of the fact that the condition of jails is not conducive and suitable to the present situation which has arisen due to the sudden rise in covid cases.

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Considering the facts and circumstances, the

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5209 of 2022(2) dt.17-02-2022 3/3

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petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on her personal bond to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Turkaulia (Raghunathpur O.P.) P.S. case No.420 of 2021 , subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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Once the normalcy is restored, the petitioner shall furnish bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each within a period of eight weeks to the satisfaction of the Court concerned in connection with the aforesaid case.

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(Sudhir Singh, J)

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Narendra/-

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