Single-judge High Court order granting anticipatory bail to the petitioner in a dowry death case allowing surrender within six weeks and providing a bail bond of Rs. 20,000 with two sureties.
Anticipatory bail granted conditional on surrender within six weeks, a bond of Rs. 20,000, and two sureties.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73507 of 2024
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-766 Year-2023 Thana- JAHANABAD District- Jehanabad
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Manti Devi W/o Jagdish Bind Resident of Village- Audanchak, PS- Kalpa, Distt. - Jehanabad
... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party : Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH
ORAL ORDER
2 23-10-2024
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Jehanabad P.S. Case No. 766/2023 dated 11.08.2023 registered for the offence punishable u/s 304B and 201 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have killed the informant's daughter due to non-fulfillment of demand of Rs. 2 lac as dowry and disposed of her dead body.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the
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petitioner who is mother-in-law of the deceased. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the deceased. It is submitted that the deceased was not subjected to torture and cruelty soon before her death for or in connection with demand of dowry. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Jehanabad in connection with Jehanabad P.S. Case No. 766/2023, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner is eligible for anticipatory bail in the circumstances of the case.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Manti Devi
The State of Bihar
Chandra Prakash Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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