IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.31194 of 2008 MINA DEVI @ KUSUM DEVI Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 4/8/2008 Heard Mr. Vikram deo Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Chaubey Jawahar, learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner has been made accused in a case under Sections 467, 468, 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. It has been alleged in the F.I.R. that the Complainant purchased a piece of land from the accused persons including the petitioner of an area of about 55 ½ decimal of different plots and for this, valuable consideration of Rs. 1,54,000/- was paid. It has been submitted in the F.I.R. that possession of the purchased land after its registration has been given to the informant. However, after the aforesaid purchase of land, when an application was made for mutation of the same in the name of the informant, it transpired to her that the accused persons had sold the lands to other persons on earlier occasion itself. - 2 - Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it is admitted in the F.I.R. itself that the land has been duly transferred and registered in the name of the informant and it has further been admitted that the possession of land has been given to the purchaser. It is further stated that while making the allegations regarding alleged petition for mutation, the details of Plot including Plot number, Khata No. etc. and details of the lands sold earlier have not been disclosed in F.I.R. He submits that it is a case of civil consequence and the petitioner has already discharged her duty by transferring the land in favour of the informant. Further prayer is that the petitioner is a lady and belongs to a respectable family and is in jail since 29.6.2008. Learned counsel for the State submits that all the accused persons have connived themselves to cheat the informant. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner Mina Devi @ Kusum Devi is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the - 3 - like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Sasaram (T) P.S. Case No. 301 of 2008. S.Ali (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)