IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.15007 of 2008 RAMCHANDRA SINGH Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- With Cr.Misc. No.15357 of 2008 JITENDRA SINGH Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 18.7.2008. Criminal Misc. No.15007 of 2008 preferred by Ram Chandra Singh, the father-in-law and Criminal Misc. No.15357 of 2008 preferred by Jitendra Singh, the dewar, have been taken up together for hearing as they arise out of the same Goh P.S. Case No.49 of 2007 registered under Sections 304(B) /34 I.P.C. and are being disposed of by this common order. According to the prosecution case, the sister of the informant, Kiran Devi, was married with Krishna Murari Patel, three years ago and a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- was demanded after the marriage by way of additional dowry and notwithstanding Rs.50,000/- having been allegedly paid 20 days prior to the occurrence the entire family members of the sasural of Kiran Devi including the two petitioners strangulated her to death. The submission on behalf of the petitioners is that they have been falsely implicated in this case which would be apparent from the fact that soon after Kiran Devi had fallen from the roof and was in a serious condition the elder brother of the husband had informed the naiher people of the deceased . It was also submitted that the petitioners lived separate from the deceased and her husband and have - 2 - no concern with them and that apart no specific allegation of having committed any overt act has been alleged against any of them. The post-mortem report does not indicate a sign of strangulation and the doctor conducting the post-mortem could not form any opinion regarding the cause of the death. This is apparent from the case diary that the witnesses examined by the police in course of investigation have also deposed to the fact of the elder brother of the husband of the deceased having informed about the fall from the roof of the deceased to the members in her naiher and of the petitioner living separate from the deceased and her husband. In the event of arrest or surrender in the court below by the petitioners, Ramchandra Singh(in Criminal Misc. No.15007 of 2008) and Jitendra Singh(in Criminal Misc. No.15357 of 2008) within three weeks from today, they shall be enlarged on bail on each of them furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Goh P.S. Case No.49 of 2007 subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. P.S. (Abhijit Sinha,J)