IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.52917 of 2008 1. PANMATI DEVI, Wife of Fulena Singh, 2. TARA DEVI, Wife of Raj Kishore Singh. Both resident of village – Barharwa, P.S. – Turkaulia, District – East Champaran, Motihari. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 30.01.2009 Heard Sri Javed Aslam, Advocate for the petitioners and Sri Shailendra Kumar – I, APP for the State. The case is under Section 304B of the IPC and the two petitioners are the mother and wife of the elder brother of the husband. Some of the accused persons have been acquitted by the trial court in Sessions Trial No. 123 of 2005 after recording the evidence of different witnesses as may appear from Annexure – 2. The husband is in custody and contention is that the petitioners themselves being ladies would not indulge in acts as complained of. Be that as it may, considering the status of the petitioners of being ladies and considering that the husband is in custody, let petitioners Panmati Devi and Tara Devi be released from custody on furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two - 2 - sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sessions Judge, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Sessions Trial No. 587 of 2008 arising out of Turkaulia P.S. Case No. 164 of 2004. DKS/ (Dharnidhar Jha, J.)