IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.13793 of 2010 1. MAMTA DEVI ,wife of Pankaj Kumar, 2. Pankaj Kumar, son of Mahendra Narayan Singh Both are resident of village-Jagatpur,P.S.-Matihani,District- Begusarai 3. Julie Devi, wife of Sri Sanjeev Kumar, 4. Sanjeev Kumar, son of Sri Rajeev Lochan Pd.Singh Both are resident of Village-Badalpura, P.S.-Matihani,District- Begusarai. .. .. Petitioners Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR.. .. Opp.Party ----------- For the Petitioners : Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur,Advocate For the Complainant :Mr. Sanjiv Kumar,Advocate For the State :Mr. Rajendra Singh,Addl.P.P. ----------- 02/ 18-05-2010 Heard the parties including the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the complainant. In a criminal prosecution for the offences under Sections 498A and 323 of the Indian Penal Code, petitioners no.1 and 3 are the married Nanad (sister-in-law) of the daughter of the complainant and petitioners no.2 and 4 are their respective husbands. In the complaint petition ( Annexure-1 ), though there is allegation of demand of dowry and torture against all the accused persons including the petitioners, but by referring to paragraph-17 of this petition, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioner no.1 was married in the year 1992 with petitioner no.2, petitioner no.3 was married in the year 1998 with petitioner no.4 and they all are living at their respective villages, away from the matrimonial home of the daughter of the complainant. Though learned counsel for the State and the 2 complainant have opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail, but they have not been able to dispute the aforesaid factual position about marital status of the petitioners and their relationship with the victim ( daughter of the complainant ). Be that as it may, in the facts of the case and in view of the relationship of the petitioners with the alleged victim, the daughter of the complainant, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from today in Complaint Case No.685C/2009, the above named petitioners shall be released 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 Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai, subject to the conditions as laid down under sub-section (2) of Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. AH/ ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J.)