IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.36382 of 2009 1. DRAUPADI DEVI @ DRUPATI DEVI, WIFE OF SAGAR ROY. 2. MOST. MUNNI DEVI, DAUGHTER OF SAGAR ROY. 3. KAILASH ROY, SON OF LATE LAKHAN RAI. 4. SATAI RAI, SON OF CHULHAI RAI. ALL ARE RESIDENT OF VILLAGE ARIHANA, P.S. AZAM NAGAR, DISTRICT-KATIHAR. ………………………………………………PETITIONERS. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. BALDEO RAI, SON OF LATE TASSU RAI, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SAGAUTA, P.S. DAGARWA, DISTRICT- PURNEA……………………………..OPPOSITE PARTIES. ---------- For the Petitioners : Mr. Dhirendra Kr. Jha-2, Advocate. For the State : Mr. R.P.S. Singh, A.P.P. --------- 3. 24.11.2009. 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 302/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the F.I.R. was lodged after 20 days of the death of the victim boy. In fact, the deceased was living in his ‘sasural’ alongwith petitioner no.2 (widow of the deceased). There was dispute in between the father and the deceased with regard to his staying in the ‘sasural’. - 2 - It is stated that during the course of investigation certain materials have come which suggest that the deceased had committed suicide. Co-accused, Sagar Rai, Naresh Rai and Prem Lal Yadav, have already been granted bail by this Court. There are materials on record to create a reasonable doubt regarding the involvement of these petitioners in the alleged occurrence. Learned A.P.P. for the State submitted that during the course of investigation materials have come suggesting the involvement of these petitioners in the commission of the alleged occurrence, however, some materials also suggest that the deceased might have committed suicide. Having regard to the facts and the circumstances of the case, the petitioners, namely, (1) Draupadi Devi @ Drupati Devi, (2) Most. Munni Devi, (3) Kailash Roy and (4) Satai Rai, are directed to be released on bail on their 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, Katihar, in connection with Azamnagar P.S. Case No.93/07. P.S. (Dr. Ravi Ranjan,J)