IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.6970 of 2010 MALTI KUER, Wife of Late Naresh Thakur, Resident of Village Jamira, P.S. Arrah, Mufassil, District Bhojpur ….. Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR …. Opposite Party ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. P.K.Jaipuriar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Uma Shankar Pd. Singh, A.P.P. ---- 3 26.04.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered under Sections 304(B), 201, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 / 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that she is mother-in-law of the deceased. The husband of the deceased, namely, Pramod Thakur is stated to be in custody. Learned counsel submits that it has come during the course of investigation that the deceased had committed suicide by setting herself upon fire due to which minor daughter of three years of age had also sustained burn injury and died. It is submitted that allegation is general and omnibus against all the accused persons. It is stated that this petitioner is a lady of 68 years of 2 age and is in custody since 22.10.2009. Learned counsel submits that in fact the family members of the deceased were called for cremation and they had participated and after 6 days of occurrence this case had been registered. Learned counsel for the State submitted that allegation is against all the accused persons of demand of dowry , assault and causing death of the deceased. In the facts and the circumstances of the case, the petitioner, MALTI KUER, is directed to be released on bail on her furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Arrah Muffasil P.S. Case No. 105 of 2009 Further, the petitioner should be well represented on each and every date during the course of trial, failing which on two consecutive dates without any reasonable explanation then the court concerned would be at liberty to take steps for 3 cancellation of bail bonds of the petitioner. Spd/- (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)