IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.52038 of 2008 HASINA BEGAM @ BHUTNI, wife of Sarfuddin, village Keos Jagir, PS Samastipur Mufassil, Dist. Samastipur .. Petitioner. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 17.2.2009 Heard the parties. The petitioner who apprehends her arrest in a case under sections 498A and 306 of the Penal Code is the mother-in-law of the deceased lady. Zainab Begum used to look after her in-laws for the past sixteen years and her husband was residing in Delhi and he used to send money to his wife to take care of the family. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the deceased had lent some money to her father who refused to pay the money back and as such out of frustration she consumed poison and a case under section 306 of the Penal Code has been registered. It is submitted that no allegation of torture etc. for the past sixteen years was made and as a matter of fact it is a case of suicide. Be that as it may, the petitioner is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of her arrest or surrender within six weeks in Samastipur Town (Mufassil) PS Case No. 229/2007 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the C.J.M., Samastipur subject to the conditions laid down under section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. haque (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)