IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.16501 of 2010 NAGESHWARI DEVI Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 5.5.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner, mother-in-law of the deceased was granted anticipatory bail in Cr. Misc. No. 33666 of 2005 during investigation till charge sheet with observation that if charge sheet was submitted she would be required to seek regular bail. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the husband of the petitioner has been granted regular bail noticing the factum of separate residence at Patna from Jahanabad where the occurrence took place. The defence of the petitioner also was of residing with her husband. Further reliance is placed on the order in Cr. Misc. No. 398 of 2006 granting regular bail to the husband of the deceased noticing a marriage of 10 years and an accidental fire during cooking. Learned counsel for the State submits that the petitioner can surrender and seek regular bail on those grounds. Custody affects the liberty of a citizen. There has to be sufficient and cogent reasons to curtail that 2 liberty. In the fact and circumstances of the present case of generalized allegations and the developments as noticed aforesaid, this Court is not persuaded to direct the petitioner to surrender and seek regular bail. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner being a lady, let the petitioner above named surrender in the Court below within a period of four weeks from today when they shall be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 20,000/-(twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Ravi Ranjan, J. M. Ist Class, Jehanabad in connection with Jehanabad P.S. Case No. 26/2005 (Trial NO. 1083/2010), subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. P. Kumar (Navin Sinha, J.)