SUNITA DEVI v. The State of Bihar
Court: Patna High Court
Bench: MR. JUSTICE DR. ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY
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Case summary
Patna High Court judgment dated 2020-07-06. SUNITA DEVI v. The State of Bihar. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 14273 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No. -4 Year-2020 Thana- SUPPI District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== 1. Sunita Devi W/o Lalbabu Chaudhary Resident of Village- Akhta (Bajpeti Tola), Ward No. 11, P. S. - Suppi, Distt- Sitamarhi 2. Kusum Devi @ Pusum Devi W/o Lutkun Mandal Resident of Village- Akhta (Bajpeti Tola), Ward No. 11, P. S. - Suppi, Distt- Sitamarhi 3. Rita Devi W/o Ajay Mandal Resident of Village- Akhta (Bajpeti Tola), Ward No. 11, P. S. - Suppi, Distt- Sitamarhi 4. Kiran Devi W/o Dharmdev Mandal, D/o Lutkun Mandal Resident of Village- Akhta (Bajpeti Tola), Ward No. 11, P. S. - Suppi, Distt- Sitamarhi 5. Gauri Devi W/o Gopi Mandal Resident of Village- Basant Patti, P. S. - Purnahiya, Distt- Sheeohar. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.
Uday Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ram Sevak Choudhary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER 2 06-07-2020 Heard counsel for the petitioners and counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in connection with Suppi P. S. Case No. 04 of 2020 for offences under Sections 354, 363, 366 and 34 IPC and Sections 8/10 of the POCSO Act and Sections 66(E) of the I. T. Act, 2008. Allegation against the petitioners is that they were involved in abduction/kidnapping of Sarsawati Kumari. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 14273 of 2020(2) dt. 06-07-2020 2/2 the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. The victim girl returned on 02. 12. 2019 to her house. There is delay of one month in lodging the FIR and there is only general allegation against the petitioners.
Considering the fact that the petitioners are ladies and the statement of the victim girl is the basis of FIR and there is no specific allegation against these petitioners and the petitioners have no criminal antecedent, the Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners. Let the petitioners, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand)each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Virendra Pratap Singh, Additional Sessions Judge, Sitamarhi, District-Sitamarhi in connection with Suppi P. S. Case No. 04 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr. P. C. (Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) spandey/- U T
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