IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.34342 of 2008 1. ASHOK MAHTO Son of Arjun Mahto 2. Rani Devi Wife of Ashok Mahto Both of Village Chutkiya Bazar, Police Station Mal Salami, District- Patna 3. Soni Devi Wife of Raghubir Mahto, Resident of Village Katra Bazar , Police Station Malsalami, District- Patna ------------------------- Petitioners. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------------- Opposite Party ----------- 3. 9.1.2009 Heard the counsel for the petitioners and the State. Petitioner no. 1 is the elder brother of the deceased’s husband, petitioner no. 2 is wife of Petitioner No. 1 and petitioner no. 3 is the married sister-in-law of the deceased. The offence as alleged is under Sections 304B and 201 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that no specific allegations, either of demand for dowry, torture or participation in the murder of the deceased have been made in the F.I.R. against these petitioners. Considering the facts, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioners, Ashok Mahto, Rani Devi and Soni Devi, is allowed. They are directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in case of their surrender before the Court concerned within four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Malsalami P.S. Case No. 45 of 2008 to the satisfaction of - 2 - the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna City, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. P. Kumar (Mridula Mishra, J.)