IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.22462 of 2009 Bindu Devi, W/o-Nageshwar Pandit, resident of village- Birni Gafhiya, P.S.-Barhat, District-Banka. -Petitioner. VERSUS The State of Bihar -Opposite Party. ----------- 02 11.08.2009 The petitioner is a lady and apprehends her arrest in Banka (Barahat) P.S. Case No. 457 of 2008 instituted under Section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code. It is alleged by the informant, Bhirdeo Pandit that on 18.10.2008 his daughter Anita Devi aged about 30 years was taken by the petitioner for cutting grass. Anita Devi did not return. Two days later that is on 20.10.2008 her body was found from a well. It is also alleged that the petitioner along with her husband, her husband’s younger brother and others had conspired and killed informant’s daughter by pushing her in well. Learned counsel for the petitioner points out that petitioner’s husband and the informant are own brothers. The allegation thus is that the petitioner and other family members are said to have killed their nice. Admittedly, there is no eye witness to the occurrence and the F.I.R. has been lodged after two days of Anita Devi’s disappearance. It is further stated that Anita Devi was lady of unsuitable physique because of which two of her earlier marriages were failed. She had been now staying with her parents. It is further pointed out that petitioner’s husband and husband’s own brother have already been granted bail. Be that as it may, Considering the aforesaid facts, in the event of arrest/surrender within four weeks from today, the abovenamed - 2 - petitioner shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka in connection with Banka (Barahat) P.S. Case No. 457 of 2008, subject to all conditions as laid down in Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. Trivedi/ (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)