IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.3270 of 2011 SANTOSH KUMAR & ANR. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR -------- 02/ 15.03.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Addl. P.P. for the State. Petitioner no.1 is husband whereas petitioner no.2 is father- in-law of the deceased. First information report reveals that marriage of the deceased had taken place in the year 1994 and admittedly, the deceased died in the year 2004. So, in the aforesaid circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioners rightly submitted that no case under section 304B of the IPC is made out. Although case was instituted in the year 2004 but petitioners were apprehended in the year 2011. Explanation of petitioners is that being illiterate persons they were not aware about pros and cons of their non-appearance of the instant case. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that, as a matter of fact, the deceased died of her illness but the informant lodged this false case with ulterior motive. Taking into consideration the above stated facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let petitioners, Santosh Kumar and Budhan Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in Karpi P.S. Case no. 57 of 2004. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)