IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2617 of 2010 SONI DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 23.03.2010 Heard Mr. Ashok Kumar Mishra No.2, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Dashrath Mehta, learned A.P.P. for the State. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in Hajipur town P.S.Case No.319/07 registered under Sections 302/201/120B of the I.P.C. It is submitted by the leaned counsel for the petitioner that though petitioner is first wife of the deceased, but there is no direct evidence to connect her with the offences in question. By referring to some documents, he submits that as a matter of fact, the deceased had married with another lady namely Rinku Kumari and was living with her as wife and husband. In view of the aforesaid marriage, petitioner had filed a complaint case against the deceased vide Annexure-3 and thereafter deceased had filed a criminal case against the petitioner & others vide Annexure-4, which was finally found to be false and police submitted final report vide Annexure-5. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and has submitted that there was strong motive for the petitioner to participate in the offence in question. Be that as it may, in view of relationship of the petitioner and the deceased and she being the wife of the deceased, this Court is not inclined to accept the prayer made on behalf of the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail. It is, accordingly, dismissed. The petitioner 2 must surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today and seek her regular bail, if such prayer is made then court below may consider the prayer for bail of the petitioner on its own merit without being prejudiced by the order of this Court and also by taking into consideration the submissions which have recorded in this order above. The petitioner shall be at liberty to raise all other pleas, which are available to her. V.K. Pandey (Birendra Prasad Verma, J.)