IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.19543 of 2010 SHRIMATI DUKHANI DEVI w/o Visheshwar Prasad, resident of village-Aatkala, P.S.-Nalanda, Dist.-Nalanda ……. ……Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR …… ……Opp. Party. ----------- 2. 27.5.2010. Heard Mr. Manoj Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mrs. Indu Bala Pandey, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State. The sole petitioner apprehending her arrest in Complaint Case No.447C of 2002 has approached this court for grant of anticipatory bail. Short fact of the case is that the complaint petition was filed by one Birendra Prasad Choudhary alleging therein that the accused no.2 to 6 of the complaint petition executed a forged sale deed in favour of accused no.1 though the land in question was of the complainant. Accordingly, on the aforesaid allegation the complaint petition was filed. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, while pressing this anticipatory bail petition, submits that in respect of land in question a suit vide Title Suit No.64 of 83, which was filed by one Guriya Devi and others, was pending. He further submits that other two accused persons having similar allegation had approached this court for grant of anticipatory bail and their prayer for grant of anticipatory bail was allowed by this court. Learned counsel has referred to paragraph-14 of the petition wherein it has been mentioned that co-accused Meena Devi has been granted anticipatory bail on 19.5.2009 vide Cr.Misc. 2 No.10566 of 2009 and similarly co-accused Sidheshwar Prasad has been granted anticipatory bail on 5.8.1999 vide Cr.Misc. No.23239 of 1999. He further submits that the petitioner is an old lady and the dispute is purely civil in nature. Mrs. Indu Bala Pandey, learned Additional Public Prosecutor has opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail. In view of the facts and circumstances of the present case particularly on the ground that two accused persons having similar allegation have already been extended the privilege of anticipatory bail by this court as mentioned above, there is no point to refuse the prayer of this petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail and, as such, the petition stands allowed. In the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today, the above named petitioner shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction Shri R.K.Pandey, J.M., 1st Class, Hilsa (Nalanda) in connection with Complaint Case No.447C of 2002, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Md.S. ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)