IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27506 of 2011 ============================================= 1. Lachhuman Sah 2. Manik Lal Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ============================================= 3 21-10-2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the A.P.P., Mr. Rajendra Singh Shastri. Torture for demand of dowry soon before the death within 7 years of the marriage and un-natural death is the allegation. Submission is that petitioners were living at Khalpura is not accepted to petitioners even, as in bail petition their address is of Salempur P.S. Chapra Nagar, District- Saran. F.I.R. is also to the effect that the present address of in-laws was Salempur. One of the witnesses in para-8 for petitioners though is stating about petitioners’ remaining at Khalpura and para-7 is to the effect that after the marriage deceased went to Khalpura but others are not corroborating the same. Torture for demand of dowry by petitioners is corroborated by witnesses. In postmortem, strangulation has appeared, but petitioner no.2 is elder brother-in- law. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, prayer of the petitioner no.2 is allowed and at the same time, prayer of petitioner no.1 is rejected. Let the above named petitioner no.2, Manik Lal Sah 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 of C.J.M., Saran at Chapra in connection with Chapra Town P.S. Case No. 90 of 2011. Shailendra Bhushan Prasad/- (Mandhata Singh, J.)