IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.18738 of 2010 1. PANNA @ PUNIYA DEVI @ PANANA 2.Rajesh Kumar son of Mohan Paswan , both are resident of village Sahabad, P.S. Pirpaiti, Dist. Bhagalpur…….Petitioners. Versus STATE OF BIHAR O.P. ----------- For the petitioners : Mr.Dhananjay Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Hirday Prasad Singh, A.P.P. --------- 3 9.7.2010 Heard the parties. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case instituted for offences under sections 341, 323, 498 A/504 of the Indian Penal Code as also under section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted that petitioner no.1 happens to be mother-in-law of the informant/victim lady and petitioner no.2 is her devar/brother-in-law. From perusal of the FIR vide Annexure- 1, it is apparent that primal role for committing the crime in question is against husband namely co-accused Shambhu Paswan @ Ranjeet Paswan. It is also stated that prayer for anticipatory bail of co-accused Shambu Paswan @ Ranjeet Paswan has already been rejected by this Court recently on 21.6.2010 and he has been directed to surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from that date. Allegations against the petitioners are general and omnibus in nature. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, in the event - 2 - of arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, the above named petitioners shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of C.J.M, Munger, in connection with Bariyapur P.S. Case no. 8 of 2010, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) Cr.P.C, subject to further condition that co-accused Shambhu Paswan @ Ranjeet Paswan the son of petitioner no.1 and elder brother of petitioner no.2 must surrender in the court below. It is made clear that if co-accused Shambhu Paswan @ Ranjeet Paswan does not surrender in the court below as per direction of this court then the present order for grant of anticipatory bail shall not be given effect to and it will be treated to have been dismissed by this Court. ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J. ) M.Rahman