IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.43264 of 2010 1.URMILA DEVI, WIFE OF SITARAM PANDEY @ GHUTAN PANDEY 2.ROOSI KUMARI, GRAND DAUGHTER (NATNI) SITARAM PANDEY # GHUTAN PANDEY BOTH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE RAMPUR PURAB TOLA, P.S. SURAJGARHA, DISTRICT LAKHISARAI-----------------------------PETITIONERS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR-----------------------------------------------------OPP.PARTY ----------- 2. 26.3.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional P.P. for the State. The petitioners pray for anticipatory bail in a case registered under Sections 302, 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 /4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioner No.1 is the mother-in-law of the deceased Rebi Kumari and petitioner No.2 is grand daughter(Natni) of petitioner No.1. The allegation in the FIR lodged by the father of the deceased is that his daughter was married about 9 to 10 years earlier and gave birth to a daughter aged 7 years and a son aged 2-1/2 years. It is stated that on demand was being made by the in-laws of the daughter of the informant for Rs.50,000/-, Colour T.V., etc. and on the inability to fulfil the said demand she was tortured and ultimately set on fire. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are ladies and there is no specific allegation 2 relating to them in the FIR. It is further submitted that the death has taken place 9 to 10 years after the marriage of the deceased and even her daughter aged 7 years has stated before the Police that her sari caught fire while she was cooking at night. It is further submitted that not a single independent witness has supported the case of the informant. On a consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case and further considering the fact that the petitioners are ladies, it is directed that the petitioners, namely, Urmila Devi and Roosi Kumari, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from today, shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai, in connection with Surajgarha P.S.Case No. 98/2010, subject to the other conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) Spal/