IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Cr.Misc. No.40704 of 2010
MEENA DEVI
Versus
STATE OF BIHAR
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03. 14.03.2011. Heard.
The allegation is that the deceased
who was married to the son of the present
petitioner was being tortured by the present
petitioner and her husband because the
deceased was being pressurized by her family
members to bring money from her parents. It
is stated by the informant that he was
informed telephonically by the deceased on
30th of April, 2010 that she was being beaten
up by the present petitioner and her husband
and a little after having received that
information he again learnt telephonically
that she killed herself at fire.
The contention was that the
circumstances available from the
investigation of the case, specially
paragraph-5 indicates that the deceased had
closed herself inside a room.
What appears from the rejection order
is that the deceased had a son who was born
out of the wed-lock and probably she was
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carrying yet another pregnancy. There is no
specific allegation as regards the amount of
money which was allegedly demanded from the
deceased. Moreover, the present petitioner is
the mother-in-law and the husband is in
custody.
Considering the status of the present
petitioner and the fact that the husband is
in custody and it is a case under Section
304B of the IPC, let the above named
petitioner be released from custody on
furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand)
with two sureties of the like amount each to
the satisfaction of Chief Judicial
Magistrate, Darbhanga in Hayaghat P.S.Case
No.40 of 2010.
B.Kr. ( Dharnidhar Jha,J.)