IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.3271 of 2011 CHANDRIKA SHARMA & ANR. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 10.02.2011 The petitioners are being cousin father-in- law and mother-in-law are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under Sections 498A, 304B and 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code. It is alleged against the petitioners that the husband was being adopted by the petitioners and they were instrumental in killing the victim and disposing of the dead body which complainant came to know when he was being informed subsequently. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that opening lines of the F.I.R. suggests that the marriage took place in July, 2003 whereas admitted date of occurrence is 26.07.2010 hence on this score alone the case does not come within the preview of 304B of the I.P.C., though the marriage took place in 2002, which has wrongly been mentioned as 2003 in the F.I.R. It is also submitted that from the last few lines of the F.I.R. it appears that the informant was informed after cremation that the victim was killed under a conspiracy when he was living the house of the accused side. It is also submitted that petitioner no. 1 2 being a retired government teacher and his service book does not reflect that he adopted the husband or made the husband as nominee, hence the claim of the informant does not get supported by the documents on record. Considering the fact that the prima facie case does not appear to be covered within the preview of Section 304B and the fact that the petitioners are old and there is general allegation against the entire in– laws family, let the petitioners, namely, 1. Chandrika Sharma and 2. Kanti Devi @ Kanti Sharma, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Masaurhi, in connection with Masaurhi P.S. Case No. 363 of 2010. Bhardwaj ( Dinesh Kumar Singh,J.)