IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.17962 of 2010 1. NAGINA MAHTO SON OF LATE JAMUNA MAHTO 2. MUNILAL MAHTO SON OF NAGINA MAHTO 3. MAHENDRA MAHTO, SON OF NAGAINA MAHTO 4. SHANTI DEVI WIFE OF NAGINA MAHTO 5. SUMITRA DEVI WIFE OF MUNILAL MAHTO 6. MEENA DEVI WIFE OF BIJLI MAHTO, ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SAREYA BIRIT BHERIHARWA TOLA, P.S. PAHARPUR, DISTRICT EAST CHAMPARAN. – PETITIONERS. Versus STATE OF BIHAR – OPP. PARTY. ----------- For the petitioners : M/S Uma Kant Shukla with Shakti Suman Kumar, Advocates. For the State : Mr. R.P.S. Singh, A.P.P. -- 4/ 07-07-2010 Heard the parties. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for offence under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted that petitioner no. 1, Nagina Mahto and petitioner no. 4 Shanti Devi are parents-in-law of the complainant. Petitioner no.3, Mahendra Mahto is the younger brother of the husband of the complainant , whereas petitioners no. 5 and 6 are the elder sisters-in-law ( Gotanies ) of the complainant. The prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner no.2, Munilal Mahto, has already been dismissed as infructuous by order dated 10.06.2010. It is next contended that the primal role for committing the crime in question, relating to demand of dowry and torture, is against co-accused Sunil Mahto, the 2 husband of the complainant. The allegations against the petitioners are general and omnibus in nature. Taking into consideration the fact that the petitioners are in-laws of the complainant, in the event of their arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, let the petitioners, namely, Nagina Mahto, Mahendra Mahto, Shanti Devi, Sumitra Devi and Meena Devi, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Motihari in connection with Tr. No. 3532/10 arising out of Case No. C-1647 of 2008, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. BTiwary ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J)