IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.14763 of 2011
Sulekha Devi & Ors.
Versus
The State Of Bihar
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3 24-08-2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as
well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the state.
Petitioners are in jail custody in connection with
Daraunda (M.H. Nagar) P.S. Case no. 142 of 2009
registered under Sections-302, 201/34 of the Indian Penal
Code.
Admittedly, after investigation, police submitted
charge sheet under Sections-304B, 201/34 of the Indian
Penal Code. Petitioner No. 1 is mother-in-law and
petitioner No. 2 is Gotani of the deceased whose
marriage had taken place in the year, 2009.
In course of investigation, dead body of the
deceased was recovered from a field where she was
buried by the petitioners and others. It is contended by
learned counsel for the petitioners that as a matter of fact,
the deceased committed suicide on account of some petty
family feud and subsequently, co-accused, Dhaneshwar
Mahto, who happens to be husband of petitioner No. 1,
buried the dead body of the deceased in a filed. It is
pointed out by him that the aforesaid Dhaneshwar Mahto
has already been granted privilege of bail by another
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bench of this court vide order dated 10.11.2010 passed in
Cr. Misc. No. 40483 of 2010.
Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts
and circumstances as well as submission of the parties, let
the petitioners, namely, Sulekha Devi and Ramauti Devi
be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/-
(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount
each in connection with Daraunda (M.H. Nagar) P.S. Case
no. 142 of 2009 corresponding to Sessions Trial No. 356
of 2010 to the satisfaction of Fast Track Court No.-I,
Siwan.
AKV/- ( Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J.)