IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.40268 of 2009 1. KAMINI DEVI , WIFE OF RAGHUBIR MANDAL. 2. RAGHUBIR MANDAL, SON OF LATE SANTOSHI MANDAL. RESIDENT OF VILLAGE DARGAHTOLA, P.S. BARHARA (RAGHUBANSH NAGAR), DISTRICT- PURNEA…………………………………PETITIONERS. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR………….OPPOSITE PARTY. ---------- For the Petitioners : Mr. Bhola Prasad, Advocate. For the State : Mr. R.P.S. Singh, A.P.P. -------- 3. 18.12.2009. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioners are accused in a case registered under Sections 304(B) and 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that though the petitioners have been named in the First Information Report alleging that the younger daughter of the informant, namely, Puja, had stated before him that the deceased Meera and her infant child had gone alongwith her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law and subsequently both Meera and her child were found dead, however, during - 2 - the course of investigation, in her statement recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C., Puja has stated that only the husband had taken away the deceased alongwith her female child. It has further been stated that the witness Dhirendra Mandal has also stated that there was love marriage between the son of the petitioners and the deceased. The petitioners have nothing to do with their internal affairs. It is stated that during the course of investigation, it has not come that the deceased was killed either in the matrimonial home or these petitioners have participated in the occurrence. It has been submitted on behalf of the State that there was allegation of demand of dowry upon these petitioners also. It has also been submitted that these petitioners also used to torture the deceased. However, it is submitted that the petitioners, who are mother-in-law and father-in-law of the deceased, have already been stated to be in custody since 9.7.2009 and husband of the deceased had already surrendered. Having regard to the facts and the circumstances of the case, the petitioners, namely, (1) Kamini Devi and (2) Raghubir Mandal, are directed to be released on bail on their - 3 - furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea, in connection with Barhara (Raghubansh Nagar) P.S. Case No.80/2009. P.S. (Dr. Ravi Ranjan,J)