IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.4417 of 2010 1. SIKANDER SINGH, son of late Ramjivan Singh 2. Sarswati Devi, Wife of Sikander Singh Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 26.03.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 304 B, 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 / 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The informant stated that his daughter Rani Kumari was married on 14.04.2009 with Ranjeet Singh, son of the petitioners. Thereafter the accused persons tortured her for demand of dowry. Finally he stated that he received confidential information that his daughter was burnt to death and the dead body was disposed of. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased. They are living separately and having no concern either with the victim or her husband. He further submits that the petitioners are aged about 70 years and belong to labour class. After hearing the counsel for the parties, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner no.1. His prayer for bail is rejected. However, if petitioner no.2 surrenders before the court below (Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah in connection with Bairia P.S. case no. 185 of 2009) and seeks regular bail and the - 2 - learned Magistrate finds that she is aged about 68 to 70 years then in that circumstance, he will release the petitioner on bail to his satisfaction, otherwise learned Magistrate would dispose of the bail application on its own merit. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)