IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.46284 of 2008 .1.NAGENDRA MISHRA son of late Rameshwar Mishra 2. Renuka Devi wife of Nagendra Mishra. Both are resident of village-Nehalpatti, P.S. & Dist.-Madhepura at present Bidyapati Nagar, Ward No.16, P.S. & Dist.-Saharsa. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 28.1.2009. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, informant and the State. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case which has been registered under section 498A/34 and some other sections of the Indian Penal Code and section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act According to the informant his sister Moti Devi who was married with Vinay Kumar Mishra, son of the petitioners, was being subjected to torture and cruelty on account of her inability to bring additional demand of dowry of Rs.3,00,000/-. Submission is that the petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the victim and they are of advance age. The petitioner no.1 is a retired person and has constructed a house at Saharsa. The petitioners are living at Saharsa outside the place of occurrence. They are not concerned with the day-to-day activities of the victim or her husband. Learned counsel for the informant vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, prayer for grant of anticipatory bail is allowed. The above named petitioners are directed to surrender before the court below within a period of - 2 - three weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order and in that event they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa in connection with Bangaon P.S.Case No.51 of 2008 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Md.S. (Shyam Kishore Sharma,J.)