IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.33447 of 2008 1. DAYANAND PRASAD BARNWAL Son of Late Mathura Modi, Resident of Hussainabad, P.S. Madhupur, District Deoghar (Jharkhand) 2. Mandodari Devi @ Malti Devi, Wife of Dayanand Prasad Barnwal, Resident of Hussainabad, P.S. Madhupur, District Deoghar (Jharkhand) ---------------------Petitioners Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR -------------------Opp. Party ----------- 2. 20.10.2008 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.1410C/2007 for the alleged offences registered under sections 498A and 323 of the Indian Penal Code and section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. At the outset, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits that he is not pressing the application on behalf of petitioner no.1 Dayanand Prasad Barnwal. This application on his behalf is, accordingly, dismissed as not pressed. It is submitted on behalf of petitioner no.2 that on perusal of the complaint, it would appear that there is no allegation against petitioner no.2, who is the mother-in-law of the complainant and she has been implicated in this case only to harass. The complainant in her solemn affirmation has not stated anything against petitioner no.2. Considering the submissions as noticed above, it is directed that petitioner no.2 Mandodari Devi @ Malti Devi, in the 2 event of her arrest or surrender in connection with Complaint Case No.1410C/2007 within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Jamui, in connection with the aforesaid case, on the conditions mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)