IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.23398 of 2009 1. Pawan Kumar, Son of Rajendra Prasad. 2. Rajendra Prasad, Son of Late Shiv Singh. 3. Anand Kumar @ Chunnu, Son of Rajendra Prasad. 4. Lallita Devi, Daughter of Rajendra Prasad. 5. Sudami Devi, Wife of Rajendra Prasad. All resident of Village Chanandpur, P.O. Akauna, P.S. Masaurhi, District Patna. --------- Petitioners Versus 1. State of Bihar. 2. Radha Devi, Wife of Pawan Kumar, Daughter of Ram Sewak Prasad Singh, Resident of Village Hajipur, P.S. Warsaliganj, District Nawada. -------- Opposite Parties ----------- 4 22.2.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and counsel for the State. Heaving heard learned counsel for the petitioners and counsel for the opposite party no.2 and taking into account that the petitioners including petitioner no. 1, the husband are quite serious in keeping the opposite party no.2 with all dignity in their house and the opposite party no.2 also has no hesitation in living together with the petitioners this Court would direct all the petitioners to be released on provisional bail initially only for a period of three months. After three months, the petitioners and the opposite party no.2 must appear in the court below and if they satisfy the court 2 below that the petitioners had neither tortured nor subjected the opposite party no.2 to any sort of misery, it would extend the provisional bail again for a period of three months whereafter again both the parties would appear before the court below and the court below would once again ascertain the attitude of the petitioners towards opposite party no.2. Such exercise at the interval of three months each will be continued by the court below for a period of three years and if in the period of three years, the court below would be satisfied that the opposite party no.2 was treated with all dignity that a wife and daughter-in-law would deserve, he would confirm the provisional bail of the petitioners. It is, however, made clear that in the event, there would be any allegation that any of the petitioners had ill treated the opposite party no.2, their provisional bail shall stand cancelled and they will be taken into custody. Subject to the aforementioned conditions, if the petitioners, namely, Pawan Kumar, Rajendra Prasad, Anand Kumar @ Chunnu, 3 Lallita Devi and Sudami Devi surrender within a period of four weeks from today, they would be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Nawadah in connection with Complaint Case No. 188 of 2008, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)