IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.36529 of 2008 1. RAM ASHISH SAH, son of Dhorai Sah 2. NILAM DEVI @ LILIA DEVI @ NEELAM DEVI, w/o Ram Ashish Sah Both resident of Village Syedpur, P.S. Chakmehsi, Distt. Samastipur 3. MUNIA DEVI, w/o Birju Sah 4. BIRJU SAH, Son of Late Ram Ashrai Sah Both resident of Village & P.S. Tajpur, District Samastipur --------Petitioners Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 21.11.2008 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Chakmehsi P.S. Case No.37/07 for the alleged offences registered under sections 304B and 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners no.1 and 2 are the father-in-law and the mother-in-law of the daughter of the informant, aged about 75 and 70 years respectively, and petitioners no.3 and 4 are married Nanad and her husband respectively. It is further submitted that the husband of the daughter of the informant died in an accident and thereafter her in- law’s family proposed the daughter of the informant for marriage with the younger brother of the husband of the deceased who had died in the accident. However, the marriage could not materialise as her in- law’s family demanded dowry. Later, the daughter of the informant also died and as such this led to the lodging of the present case. 2 Learned counsel further submits that after investigation, the Dewar of the deceased with whom the marriage was proposed was put on trial in Sessions Trial No.824 of 2007, which ended in acquittal since the prosecution witnesses did not support the prosecution case. In his cross-examination the informant has specifically stated that his daughter never made any complaint about her in-law’s family and further stated that his daughter died due to illness. In the above circumstances, prayer has been made for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. The learned APP opposes the prayer for bail, however, is not in a position to refute the submissions. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let petitioners no.1 to 4 above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender in connection with Chakmehsi P.S. Case No.37/07 within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur, in connection with the aforesaid case, on the conditions mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)