In the High Court of Judicature at Patna Cr. Misc. No.21700 of 2008 Shobha Devi & Ors. Vrs. The State of Bihar **** /3/ 01.07.2008 Heard the counsel for the petitioners and the State. 2. Petitioners 1, 3 and 5, namely, Shobha Devi, Ranju Devi and Manju Devi, are married sisters-in-law, petitioner no. 2, Bhim Singh, is husband of sister-in-law, and petitioners 4 and 6, Sunni Kumar and Vikki Kumar, are minor sons of sisters-in- law of the complainant. Counsel for the petitioners submits that a criminal case under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code which has been filed by the complainant with an intention to pressurize the family members for partition of the family property. It has also been stated that the petitioners are not living either with their mother or the complainant. 3. Considering the facts, the prayer for anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioners, above named, is allowed. They are directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in case of their surrender before the Court concerned within two weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Kotwali P.S. Case No.701 of 2007 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. Cp:3/S.A. ( Mridula Mishra, J. )