IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.44621 of 2009 RAMKALI DEVI Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 20.4.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case under section 306 of the Penal Code. It is alleged by the informant Bineshwari Sahni that his daughter Geeta Devi was married with one Laxmi Sahni son of the petitioner in village Dhubauli in the year 2005. On 22.6.2008 on information received by him that his daughter Geeta Devi died, he along with his son and brother went to village Dhubauli, where he found the dead body of his daughter lying on the bed and there was strangulation mark on her neck. It is further alleged that his daughter was mentally disturbed and her father-in-law and mother-in-law were not present in the house, whereas her husband had also gone to Delhi for earning his livelihood. It is further alleged that her daughter committed suicide on account of torture perpetuated by the accused. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the F.I.R. has been lodged in casual manner and the husband of the deceased has not been made an accused. He further submits that neither there is any demand of dowry in the F.I.R. nor any witness has made any allegation against the petitioner. The Mukhiya of the Panchayat has said that the victim girl was a literate whereas her husband was illiterate and as such she suffered from inferiority complex. The 2 KHAN husband of the petitioner as well as son of the petitioner Raushan Kumar has been granted bail by this court. Counsel for the State submits that the informant has stated that on account of torture perpetuated by the accused persons, the victim committed suicide. There is no allegation of demand of dowry in the F.I.R. and the husband of the deceased has not been made an accused. The husband of the petitioner and her son Raushan Kumar has been granted bail by this court. In the circumstances, the petitioner Ramkali Devi is directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of her arrest/surrender within six weeks from today, in connection with Gaighat P.S. Case No.132 of 2008 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.5,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur. (S.P.Singh,J)