IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.24208 of 2011 Rangnath Tiwary Versus The State of Bihar ----------- 02 22.07.2011 The petitioner is in custody since 25.3.2011 in connection with Nasariganj P.S.Case No.168 of 2005 for the alleged offences under section 304B and 201/34 of the IPC. It has been alleged by the father of the deceased lady Urmila Devi in his written report alleging that his daughter has been strangulated to death by her husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law, Baisur and other persons. It is further alleged that the husband Raghunath Tiwary had performed another marriage with Munni Devi and they had been demanding a motorcycle from the deceased’s father and for non-fulfillment of which they had been inflicting torture on her and ultimately her husband and other family members as aforesaid strangulated her to death. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the entire allegation is false rather it is a case of natural death. As a matter of fact the deceased Urmila Devi had sustained severe burn injuries as far back in 1996 and had become severely handicapped and weak. In relation to the said fire incident in 1996 Nasariganj P.S.Case No.177/1996 had come to be lodged against the in-laws except husband of Urmila Devi. Learned counsel for the petitioner invites attention to her statement under Section 164 Cr. P .C. then given whereby she had stated 2 that she has sustained burn injuries while cooking and that she has not been set on fire by any of her in-laws. The learned counsel further invites attention to a series of medical bills and prescriptions in support of his contention that she was seriously handicapped as a result of the fire incident as stated. To add to this, the learned counsel further relies on the order dated 25.3.2011 in Cr, Misc. No.40812 of 2010 whereby other family members of this petitioner have already been granted bail by this Court. He also draws support from the statement signed by a large number of villagers who have supported the petitioner’s version. After hearing the learned A.P.P. Mr. Dashrath Mehta and considering the circumstances of the case, this Court prima facie find that this is a fit case to grant relief to the petitioner. Accordingly, let the petitioner Rangnath Tiwary be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bikramganj (Rohtas) in Nasariganj P.S.Case No.168 of 2005. psc (Vikash Jain, J.)