IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38880 of 2011 Sharda Patel son of Jivnandan Patel, resident of village Sherwa Bhuski, P.S.Matiaria,District West Champaran Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- For the petitioner: Mr.Braj Kishore Mishra For the State : Mr.Addl.P.P. ---- 02/ 23.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case which has been registered for offences under Sections 304(B) and 201/34 of the Indian Penal code. Informant’s daughter Jyoti Rani was married with Nand Kishore Patel alias Bhim Patel, son of the petitioner, three years prior to the occurrence. Allegation is that all the accused persons were pressurizing her to bring Rs.50,000/- as additional dowry and when she could not procure the said amount, she was 2 done to death by the accused persons. Submission is that the petitioner is father-in-law of the deceased and he was separate from the deceased and her husband. A public petition was given by the villagers saying that the petitioner is separate. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran in Matiaria P.S.Case No. 11 of 2011. Tahir/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)