HIGH COURT OF PATNA
Mr. Justice Harish Kumar
JHALO DEVI @ SONA DEVI @ SONMA DEVI – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR – Respondent
CR. MISC./57698/2021
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57268 of 2021
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-246 Year-2020 Thana- RAJGIR District- Nalanda
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Raj Kumar Rajbanshi Son of Ramprit Rajvanshi Resident of Village - Jhalar,
P.S.- Rajgir, District - Nalanda.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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with
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 57698 of 2021
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-246 Year-2020 Thana- RAJGIR District- Nalanda
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Jhalo Devi @ Sona Devi @ Sonma Devi W/O Raj Kumar Rajbanshi R/O
Village-Jhalar, P.S-Rajgir, District-Nalanda.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
(In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 57268 of 2021)
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr.Vishwa Mohan Kumar Sinha
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Abhay Kumar
(In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 57698 of 2021)
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr.Vishwa Mohan Kumar Sinha
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Umeshanand Pandit
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
2
05-04-2022
Let the defects, if any, be removed within four weeks
from today.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as
learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
Petitioners seek bail in a case registered in connection
with Rajgir P.S.Case No.246 of 2020 for the offences punishable
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under Sections 304B of the Indian Penal Code and ¾ of the
Dowry Prohibition Act.
As per prosecution case, It is alleged that the daughter
of the informant was married with Upin Rajbanshi in the year
2018 and, thereafter, she was subjected to torture and it has
been informed that she has been strangulated to death by all the
F.I.R named accused persons.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that
petitioners happens to be father-in-law and mother-in-law of the
deceased. There is no specific allegation against these
petitioners and moreover, specific allegation against the husband
of the deceased and he also confessed the involvement of the
present occurrence has already been granted bail by a co-
ordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No.26269 of 2021 vide
order dated 05.03.2021. It is next submitted that the petitioners
are in custody since 06.03.2021.
The learned A.P.P opposed the prayer for bail of the
petitioners.
Having heard the rival contentions of the parties and
taking into consideration the fact that petitioners are father-in-
law and mother-in-law of the deceased and moreover, husband
of the deceased has already been grated bail by co-ordinate
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Bench of this Court, let the petitioners, above named, be
released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 20,000/-
(Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to
the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda in
connection with Rajgir P.S.Case No.264 of 2020, subject to the
condition that one of the bailors will be the close relatives of the
petitioners with further conditions which are as follows:-
(i) The petitioners will cooperate in conclusion of the
trial.
(ii) He will remain present on each and every date of
trial till disposal of the case.
(iii) He will not try to tamper with the evidence or
intimidate the witnesses to delay the disposal of trial.
(iv) In the event of default of two consecutive dates
without any cogent reason, his bail bonds will liable to be
cancelled.
N.K/-
(Harish Kumar, J)
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