IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.25109 of 2009 1. JHALIA DEVI W/o Govind Yadav 2. Rita Devi 3. Kamali Devi Sl. No. 2 and 3 daughter of Govind Yadav. 4. Rampreet Yadav, 5. Vinod Yadav, both Sons of Govind Yadav 6. Dhamti Devi wife of Binod Yadav 7. Govind Yadav S/o late Nikhed Yadav, All residents of Village Baijnathpur, P.S. Karandey, District Sheikhpura. . . . . Petitioners. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2/ 11.08.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under Sections 307, 498 A and other allied Sections of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners is that marriage was solemnized 10-12 years earlier from the date of the filing of the First Information Report. Torture at any time can be believed but if that is followed by non-fulfillment of demand can easily be doubted when that is followed by a further allegation i.e. about pouring of Kerosene oil but failing to light the match, when such attempt was made by all the family members in the instant case, otherwise petitioners are mother-in-law, married sisters-in-law, Bhaisur, Gotani and father-in-law. In the event of arrest or surrender within one month from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order in connection with Karandey P.S. case no. 07 of 2009, above named petitioners shall 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 - 2 - satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheikhpura, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Uday/ (Mandhata Singh, J.)