IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2048 of 2010 Lakshmi Devi, W/o Arvind Kumar, R/o Village Ram Janki Nagar Gonama Road Harnaut, P.S. Harnaut, Distt. Nalanda. -------- Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ------ Opp. Party With Cr.Misc. No.2405 of 2010 Sarashwati Devi, W/o Radhey Prasad Chaurasiya, R/o Village Ram Janki Nagar Gonama Road, Harnaut, P.S. Harnaut, Distt. Nalanda. ------ Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ------ Opp. Party ----------- 2 23.2.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State in both the cases. The simple defence of the two housewives petitioners while seeking anticipatory bail for offence under Sections 20/22 of the N.D.P.S. Act is that there is nothing to connect them in the alleged recovery of 274 Kg. of Ganja from the conscious possession of their husband/son. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. This Court on perusal of the First Information Report would also find that there was hardly any scope for complicity of these two petitioners, the housewives and in fact, the learned sessions judge while rejecting prayer for anticipatory bail has not found any 2 such materials in the case diary. That being the position, if the petitioner of both the aforementioned cases, namely, Lakshmi Devi and Sarashwati Devi would surrender within a period of four weeks from today and would satisfy the court below that they have no criminal antecedent, they would be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, Nalanda at Bihar Sharif in connection with Harnaut P.S. Case No. 195 of 2009 (G.R. No. 7 of 2009), subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)