IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.45829 of 2008 1. JADUNANDAN RAI @ MAHTO, S/O SUKHDEO MAHTO 2. VEENA DEVI @ RATI DEVI, W/O JADINANDAN RAI @ MAHTO 3. NAVIN KUMAR, S/O JADINANDAN RAI @ MAHTO ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE-INNAIYA, P.S. NAOKHOTI, DISTRICT-BEGUSARAI …………. PETITIONERS Versus STATE OF BIHAR ………….. OPPOSITE PARTY WITH Cr.Misc. No.52968 of 2008 MALA DEVI @ URMILA DEVI …………. PETITIONER Versus STATE OF BIHAR …………….. OPPOSITE PARTY ----------- 02/ 05-02-2009 Heard the counsel for the petitioners and the State. Petitioners are the uncle, aunt, cousin and married sister of the husband of the deceased. F.I.R. has been instituted for offences under Sections 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act. Counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no. 1 resides at some other place in connection with his job and other two petitioners have falsely been named simply because of relationship with the husband of the deceased. Petitioner Mala Devi @ Urmila Devi is the married sister of the husband of the deceased and she lives at Chitranjan. Considering the facts, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioners, namely, Jadunandan Rai @ Mahto, Veena Devi @ Rati Devi, Navin Kumar and Mala Devi @ Urmila Devi is allowed. They are directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in case of their surrender before the Court concerned within four weeks - 2 - from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Naokothi P.S. Case No. 48 of 2008 subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.PC. S.Sb/- (Mridula Mishra, J.)