IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.22764 of 2011 1.Rajpati Devi wife of Bhagwan Thakur 2.Asha Devi wife of Ashok Thakur 3.Ashok Thakur son of Bhagwan Thakur All are resident of village-Piparpati, P.S.- Jogapatti, District- West Champaran 4.Bubun Devi wife of Pramod Jha, resident of village- Bakhari, Dist.- Muzaffarpur at present resident of village- Piparpati, P.S.- Jogapatti, District- West Champaran Versus The State of Bihar ----------- 2. 15.7.2011. Heard learned counsel for petitioners and learned counsel for the State. Apprehending their arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence under sections 147, 148, 341, 323, 307, 379 and 354 of the Indian Penal Code petitioners, who are four in number, have prayed for grant of bail. As per prosecution case, the informant has alleged that she was being subjected to cruelty continuously for non-fulfillment of demand of Rs.50,000/- by way of dowry and for that she had to file a complaint in the court earlier and also a case before the police. The informant alleged that the act of cruelty went unabated and, therefore, the present case has been instituted with allegation of assault etc. Learned counsel for petitioners submits petitioner no.1 is grand mother-in-law aged about 90 years, petitioner no.2 is mother-in-law aged about 65 years, petitioner no.3 is father-in-law aged about 70 years and petitioner no.4 is cousin mother-in-law aged about 65 years. Learned counsel for petitioners also submits 2 that prior to institution of the present case the informant had already registered two other cases in which petitioners are on bail. It is also submitted that earlier two cases were registered on 3.3.2011 and 4.3.2011 being Bettiah Town P.S. Case No.95 of 2011 and Complaint Case No.442C of 2011 before learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran. Learned counsel for petitioners also submits that petitioners are being harassed by the informant again and again. From perusal of the order passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Bettiah, West Champaran also it appears that the learned Sessions Judge was aware of the fact of two cases instituted earlier in which some of the accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let petitioners, namely, 1.Rajpati Devi, 2.Asha Devi, 3.Ashok Thakur and 4.Bubun Devi in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of the order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- (five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran, in connection with Bettiah Town P.S. Case No.146 of 2011. Md.S. ( Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)