Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26664 of 2011 (2) dt.10-08-2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26664 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Mangal Yadav, son of Sita Ram Yadav 2. Gorakh Yadav, son of Sita Ram Yadav 3. Santosh Yadav @ Santosh Kumar, son of Sita Ram Yadav 4. Sitaram Yadav, son of Haridwal Yadav All resident of village Chhitauna Tola, Police Station Dhanaha, District West Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SHEEMA ALI KHAN ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SHEEMA ALI KHAN) 2 10-08-2011 Heard Counsel for the petitioners, the informant and the A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner nos. 1, 2 and 3 are the Devars and petitioner no. 4 who is the father-in-law of the victim lady are apprehending their arrest in a case under Sections 498A and 494/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The allegation against the father-in-law is that he was trying to fix the second marriage of his son Ramesh Yadav ignoring the claim of his first wife. It appears that it is a suspicion raised on behalf of the victim lady. Be that as it may, in the event of their Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26664 of 2011 (2) dt.10-08-2011 arrest/surrender before the Court below within a period of six weeks from today, the above named petitioners are directed to be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Dhanaha Police Station Case No. 55 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bagaha, West Champaran subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. It is made clear that the second marriage in the event of first wife being alive is an offence under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code and it is quite obvious that the parents should not be party to such transactions. Prabhakar Anand/- (Sheema Ali Khan, J)