IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.11059 of 2010 1- CHANDRAKET NARAYAN SINGH , S/O LATE MAHABIR PD. SINGH 2- SMT. BABUIYA DEVI, W/O CHANDRAKET NARAYAN SINGH. 3- DALJIT SINGH. 4- INDRAJIT KUMAR SINGH @ INDRAJIT KUMAR, BOTH ARE SONS OF CHANDRAKET NARAYAN SINGH. ALL ARE R/O VILLAGE – GOPALPUR, P.S. NAYAGAON, DISTRICT – SARAN ……… PETITIONERS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ……. OPPOSITE PARTY ----------- 2 26.04.2010 Heard the parties. Petitioners apprehends their arrest in connection with Nayagaon P.S. Case No. 13 of 2010 dated 18.2.2010 registered under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that they are in-laws of the informant and there is general and omnibus allegation of demand of dowry and torture against all the accused persons including the petitioners. However, it is submitted that the main culprit co-accused Manjeet Singh, the husband of the informant, is already in judicial custody since 25.2.2010. Learned counsel for the State and the informant have strongly opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and have pointed out that petitioners are also alleged to have made a demand of dowry and committed torture against the informant, but they have fairly conceded that main culprit co-accused Manjeet Singh i.e. the husband of the informant, is already in judicial custody. 2 Be that as it may, in the facts and circumstances of the case and in view of the relationship of the petitioners with the informant, being her in-laws, in the event of arrest / surrender within a period of four weeks from today in the above noted case, the above named petitioners shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand ) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Saran at Chapra, subject to the conditions as laid down under sub section (2) of Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Praful (Birendra Prasad Verma, J.)