IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.6201 of 2009 SAKHIYA DEVI @ SHAKUNTALA DEVI, wife of Devki Singh, resident of Village & P.O. Mahaddipur, P.S. Pasraha, District Khagaria --------Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 1.4.2009 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The offence alleged against the petitioner, who is apprehending her arrest in connection with Pasraha P.S. Case No.22/2008 is under section 498A/306 of the Penal Code. It is submitted that earlier the petitioner had moved this Court for grant of anticipatory bail, which was dismissed vide order dated 28.11.2008 passed in Cr.Misc. No.37899 of 2008, as contained in Annexure 1. It is, however, submitted that two days earlier of passing the aforesaid order, the husband of the deceased, namely, Tej Narain Singh, who has having the allegation that he had illicit relation with the petitioner, which was objected by the deceased and that ultimately led her to taking the extreme steps of committing suicide, has been allowed bail by this Court vide order dated 26.11.2008 passed 2 in Cr.Misc. No.45223 of 2008. It is further submitted that the petitioner, who is an old lady, has been falsely implicated in this case for ulterior purposes. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner above named, in the event of her arrest or surrender in connection with Pasraha P.S. Case No.22/2008 within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria, in connection with the aforesaid case, on the conditions mentioned in sub- section (2) of section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)