IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellanious No.25541 of 2011 1. Hari Mahto, Son of Late Dhanpat Mahto 2. Laxmi Devi, W/O Hari Mahto, Both resident of Village-Koirgawa, P.S.-Shikarpur, District-West Champaran. …..Petitioners. Versus The State of Bihar …..Opposite Party. For the Petitioner : Mr. Sanjeev Kumar No.I, Advocate. For the State : APP. ---------------------------------- 02/ 01.08.2011 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned Counsel for the State. The petitioners are accused of the case which has been registered under Sections 304B, 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The informant Nagina Devi in her written report to the officer-in-charge has alleged that her daughter Mansa Devi was married with Nagina Mahto, son of the petitioners, seven years prior to the occurrence. Out of wedlock two sons were born. The first son was aged five years. The accused persons were demanding Rs. 50,000/- from the informant’s daughter for a business. When that was not fulfilled then she was killed. Submission is that the case will not come under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code because the marriage was more than 2 seven years before. There is no witness of the occurrence and the petitioners have no concern with the day-to-day activity of the deceased or her husband. The husband of the deceased is already in custody. There is no allegation of demand of additional dowry. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/court concerned Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Shikarpur P.S. Case No. 180 of 2010. kksinha/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)