IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.25165 of 2009 1. LALAN CHAUDHARY, S/o Bishnu Chaudhary & 2. Tetara Devi, W/o Lalan Chaudhary, both residents of Village – Ghaghia, P.S. Mohania, Distt. - Kaimur ………….. Petitioners Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR …………………….. Opposite Party. ----------- For the Petitioners:- Ravi Shankar Sahay, Advocate. For the State:- Priya Sharan Singh, A.P.P. ----------- 3. 07.10.2009. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioners have been made accused for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 304-B, 120-B and 201 of the Indian Penal Code. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners no. 1 & 2 are father-in-law and mother- in-law of the victim girl respectively. It is stated that the husband of the victim girl (son of the petitioners) is already under judicial custody. It is submitted that it has come during the course of investigation that the daughter of the informant (daughter-in-law of the petitioners) has become traceless, however, she has neither been traced nor has her dead body been recovered as yet. First information report has been lodged by the informant, Lalan Chaudhary, S/o Ramjanam Chaudhary on the basis 2 of the information gathered by one Bechu Chaudhary communicated to the brother of the informant. However, in his statement before the police, said Bechu Chaudhary has only stated that the victim girl is traceless. He has not stated anything against the petitioners or others accusing them of having killed the victim girl. The petitioners are stated to be under judicial custody since 11.02.2009. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, I direct the petitioners, Lalan Chaudhary and Tetara Devi to be released on bail on their furnishing bonds in the sums of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhabua in connection with Mohaniya P.S. Case No. 164/2005. dk ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J. )