IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR.MISC. NO.35191 OF 2009 1. SURESH DAS, SON OF LATE LAXAN DAS 2. JAG SUNDARI DEVI, WIFE OF LATE LAXAN DAS BOTH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE MURADPUR, POLICE STATION ROSERA, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR 3. PRAMILA DEVI, WIFE OF RAMBALAK DAS, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE KANKAR, POLICE STATION HATHAURI, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR 4. SHUSHUILA DEVI, WIFE OF SHRAWAN DAS, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE MURZAPUR, POLICE STATION ROSERA, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR ……………………………………………………………………………PETITIONERS VERSUS THE STATE OF BIHAR ****** 3 23/11/2009 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners, the informant and the A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case under Section 302 and other allied sections of the Indian Penal Code. The lady is said to have caught fire. The petitioners are the in-laws including the mother-in-law who are before this Court. It appears that after she caught fire, the police came to the spot and took her for treatment. Learned Counsel for the petitioners submits that the First Information Report has been instituted after a delay of five months. However, considering the allegations in the First Information Report, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the above named petitioners. This application is accordingly dismissed. Anand ( Sheema Ali Khan, J.)