IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.36999 of 2008 1. INER DEVI, W/O- YOGENDRA YADAV @ YOGI YADAV 2. SUNITA DEVI 3. ANUPAM KUMARI BOTH DAUGHTERS OF YOGENDRA YADAV @ YOGI YADAV Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 27.11.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioners are accused in a case registered for the offences under sections 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted that petitioner no.1 is step mother-in-law, petitioner no. 2 is married NANAD and petitioner no. 3 is unmarried NANAD. It is further submitted that the allegations are general in nature and there is no specific allegation against these petitioners. As such, they have been made accused without valid justification. Learned counsel for the state and Vigilance submit that the allegations are serious in nature against petitioner no. 1 who is step mother-in-law. Having considered the submissions, as noticed above, and in the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today, the petitioners, - 2 - no. 2 and 3 namely, Sunita Devi & Anupam Kumari be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria in connection with Alauli P.S. Case No. 24 of 2008 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. So far as petitioner no. 1, Iner Devi is concerned, in view of the nature of allegation, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner no.1. Accordingly, prayer for bail on behalf of the petitioner no. 1 is rejected. Jagdish/- (Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J)