IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.38478 of 2009 1. VEENA DEVI. W/O MANGAL SAHNI. 2. PAPPU SAHNI, S/O MANGAL SAHNI. 3. FUDKI DEVI, D/O MANGAL SAHNI, ALL ARE RESIDENT OF VILLAGE-TINGHARIA, P.S.-KURSELA, DISTRICT-KATIHAR. .............PETITIONERS. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR. .............OPP. PARTY. ----------- 2/ 21.12.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioners and the counsel appearing for the State. Petitioners are apprehending arrest in connection with Kursela P.S. Case No. 46 of 2009 registered for the offence under Sections 304’B’, 302, 201/34 of the IPC. Counsel for the petitioners submits that after eight years of the marriage of informant’s daughter it is alleged that a demand for Rs. 20,000/- was made by the mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law and due to non-fulfillment of demand his daughter was killed. The husband and father-in-law have not been named as accused. The accused persons are step sister-in-law, step mother-in-law and step brother-in-law of the deceased. Counsel for the petitioners submits that after two months of the alleged occurrence, F.I.R. has been instituted, making false allegation. The daughter of the informant died her natural death as per the post-mortem report. Considering these facts, prayer for anticipatory bail on behalf of above named petitioners is allowed. They are directed to be released on bail, in case of their appearance before the - 2 - court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Kursela P.S. Case No. 46 of 2009 subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Sanjeet/ (Mridula Mishra, J.)