IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.22801 of 2009 Kalpana Kumari @ Kalpana Devi, Wife of Om Prakash Singh, Resident of village-Sihma, P.S.-Matihani, District-Begusarai. -Petitioner. VERSUS The State of Bihar - Oppostie Party. ----------- 02 03.09.2009 The petitioner is the lady and apprehends her arrest in Matihani Police Station Case No.88 of 2008 instituted pursuant to a complaint case lodged for offence under Sections 498-A/304-B/201 of the Indian Penal Code. The complainant/informant, Ram Chandra Rai is the father of the deceased. It is alleged that after marriage of the deceased to son of Awadesh Singh the deceased found that Awadesh Singh has a concubine who was virtually the mother-in-law in the shape of the petitioner. She was tortured for dowry and she filed a complaint. While that complaint case was pending parties sought of compromise and the deceased returned to her matrimonial house. When the informant/complainant came to know that she had been killed and her body disposed of this complaint is filed thereafter. On behalf of the petitioner, it is submitted that she is nobody in the family. A reference to the F.I.R. shows that she has been referred as a lady having affair with the father-in-law and virtually acting as the mother-in-law. Even in the earlier complaint under Section 498A by the deceased herself she has been named as mother-in-law. How the deceased died is not being explained. Where and how she was cremated is not known. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to - 2 - grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The bail application is rejected. However, if the petitioner surrenders before the Court below within four weeks from to-day and prays for regular bail the Court below shall dispose of the same without being prejudiced by this order of this Court. Trivedi/ (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)