IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.37609 of 2009 PRANESHWAR MANDAL, SON OF TURAI MANDAL, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE KHUSHALPUR, P.S. PRANPUR, DISTRICT KATIHAR. ---- PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. ASHOK KUMAR MANDAL, SON OF LATE AYODHYA MANDAL, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE JHAUA, P.S. PRANPUR, DISTRICT KATIHAR. ---- OPPOSITE PARTIES ----------- 3 24.2.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case under Section 304(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel refers to annexure-2 which is the statement of the informant before the police given on 8.2.2009 at 10:15 a.m. at Katihar Medical College. The informant has stated that his daughter’s Sari caught fire while she was cooking. Counsel for the petitioner further submits that paragraph nos. 8, 9 and 10 are the statements of the witnesses of the area who have supported this aspect of the matter. Considering this aspect, petitioner Praneshwar Mandal who is the father-in-law is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Pranpur P.S. Case No. 20 of 2009 (G.R. No. 278 of 2009) on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)