IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.40320 of 2010 1. MANORMA DEVI W/O SRI MAHENDRA SHARMA, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE KHAIRA, POLICE STATION RAJAUN, DISTRICT BANKA, BIHAR. 2. PINTU SHARMA S/O SRI MAHENDRA SHARMA, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE KHAIRA, POLICE STATION RAJAUN, DISTRICT BANKA, BIHAR. 3. BABLOO SHARMA S/O SRI MAHENDRA SHARMA, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE KHAIRA, POLICE STATION RAJAUN, DISTRICT BANKA, BIHAR. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 26.3.2011. Heard Shri Ajeet Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners and Shri Shailendra Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The present petition was initially filed by three petitioners. During pendency of the present petition, petitioner nos.2 and 3 were arrested by the police and as such the application, in respect of petitioner nos.2 and 3, was permitted to be withdrawn by order dated 4.2.2011. Now the sole petitioner, namely, Manorma Devi, who is wife of Mahendra Sharma, is making prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on the strength that the husband of the petitioner, subsequently, has been granted bail by order dated 26.8.2010 by 1st Additional Sessions Judge, 2 Banka. This order has been brought on record as Annexure-4 to the supplementary affidavit. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that while granting bail to the husband of the petitioner, the learned Sessions Judge had noticed that the husband of the petitioner is by cast Tatwa and as such he belongs to the category of scheduled caste. Same submissions also have been made by learned counsel for the petitioners and it was submitted that in view of the facts and circumstances of the case the petitioner Manorma Devi, who is in the category of scheduled caste, may be also extended to the privilege of anticipatory bail. In view of the facts and circumstances stated above, the prayer for grant of bail in favour of petitioner Manorma Devi is allowed. In the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of one month from today, the petitioner no.1, Manorma Devi shall be released on bail on her furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten 3 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka in Rajaun P.S. Case No.67 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. N.H./ ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)