IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.40951 of 2008 1. Sharda Devi, Wife of Ram Sahay Chaudhary. 2. Rina Devi @ Rana Devi, Wife of Murari Chaudhary. 3. Ram Sahay Chaudhary, son of Late Badri Chaudhary. 4. Radheshyam Chaudhary, son of Ram Sahay Chaudhary. All are resident of village-Dhum Nagar, P.S.-Shikarpur, District- West Champaran. 5. Sita Devi, Wife of Ramshish Chaudhary, D/o Ram Sahay Chaudhary, resident of village-Basgaon, P.S.-Bagaha, District-West Champaran. ..........Petitioners. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ......Opp. Party. ----------- 4/ 10.08.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioners and the State. Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Shikarpur P.S. Case No. 177 of 2008 registered for offence under Section 304(B)/34 of the IPC. Considering the statement of the witnesses in the case diary regarding demand of dowry and also that the deceased died in a suspicious circumstance. Prayer for anticipatory bail on behalf of petitioner No. 1 who is mother-in-law of the deceased is rejected, petitioner No. 3 is the father-in-law who has already been arrested as such his prayer for anticipatory bail is also rejected. Petitioner Nos. 2, 4 & 5 who are Sisters-in-law and brother-in-law of the deceased are granted anticipatory bail and in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today and on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, West Champaran, at Bettiah in connection with Shikarpur P.S. Case No. 177/08 subject - 2 - to the conditions as laid down under Sections 438(2) Cr.P.C. Sanjeet/ (Mridula Mishra, J.)