IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.25418 of 2009 1.Ram Resh Mahto 2.Prabhawati Devi 3.Kishori Devi……Petitioners Versus The State of Bihar…O.P. ----------- 2 13.8.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered under Sections 304B,201/34 IPC. Petitioners are father-in-law, Mother-in-law and Sister-in-law(Gotni) of the deceased. They have been alleged for making demand of dowry and causing cruelty followed by killing which is defended on the ground of their remaining separate from the husband. Marriage is within seven years. Death is also in matrimonial house. Specifically, it has been alleged that act of torture was jointly by all the accused persons. Liability against Sister-in-law,no doubt, can be minimised due to her status in the family as of the deceased, but she is elder Sister-in-law. So, that can be taken in regular value. Circumstances appearing in the case entitle justifying no relief to the accused persons. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is rejected. SKBOSE (Mandhata Singh)