IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.10294 of 2009 1. AKHILESH KUMAR @ AKHILESH KUMAR MEHTA, SON OF LATE BHIKHARI MEHTA, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE BALUTOL, OLICE STATION BARHARA KOTHI, DISTRICT PURNEA. 2. CHUNNI KUMARI, DAUGHTER OF LATE KUSHESHWAR MEHTA, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE ARARIA, TOLA BAUSI, POLICE STATION BAUSI, DISTRICT ARARIA. 3. BABITA DEVI WIFE OF ANANT KUMAR, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE TEMA BHELA, P.S. GWALPARA, DISTRICT MADHEPURA----PETITIONERS. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR---OPP. PARTY. ----------- 03. 20.08.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners State and the counsel for the informant. Petitioner no.1 is the elder brother in law, petitioner no.2 is the unmarried sister in law and petitioner no.3 is the sister in law of the deceased. They are apprehending their arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence under Section 304B of the Penal Code. They are named in the First Information Report lodged after some delay as the police was not entertaining the same on account of lodging of the U.D. case by the husband of the deceased on the date of occurrence i.e. 13.1.2008. Later the father of the deceased filed application before the Superintendent of Police on 31.1.2008 whereafter the present First Information Report was lodged on 5.3.2008. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that from the contents of the U.D. case, it would appear that the deceased had consumed poisonous substance, namely, Sulfas Tablet as she had some grievance about family properties and the husband was not supporting her. It is further submitted that after the death of the daughter in law, the mother in law of the deceased executed sale deed - 2 - in favour of minor son of the deceased and the father of the deceased was made guardian of the minor son of the deceased. Having heard counsel for the parties, in view of the contents of the U.D. case, Annexure-2, I direct the petitioners above named to surrender in the court below within four weeks from the date of receipt of this order in the court below and be admitted to the privilege of bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5,000/-(Five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhepura in connection with Madhepura P.S. Case No. 70 of 2008, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Rajesh/ (V.N.Sinha, J.)