IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.4152 of 2009 1. SHANTI DEVI W/O MOSAFIR YADAV 2. MOSAFIR YADAV S/O LATE BIKAN YADAV ( BOTH R/O VILL. MAHARAJ BIGHA, P.S. KHI- SERSARAI, DIST. GAYA) 3. ANITA DEVI W/O BALMUKUND YADAV 4. BALMUKUND YADAV S/O DULARCHAND YADAV ( BOTH R/O VILL. MOBARKCHAK, PS.MOFASIL, DIST. GAYA) ---- PETITIONERS Versus STATE OF BIHAR --- OPP. PARTY. ----------- For the petitioners : Mr. Sheikh Arkan Ahmad, Advocate. For the Opp. Party: Mr. C.Jawahar, APP. 02. 29.04.2009 Heard both sides. The petitioners, who are four in numbers (in-laws), have approached this court for grant of anticipatory bail in a case instituted under Section 498A and 34 of the Penal Code and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Petitioner no.1 is mother-in-law, petitioner no.2 is father-in-law, petitioner no.3 is married ‘nand’, whereas petitioner no.4 is the brother-in-law ( nandoi). Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the husband had already filed divorce case against the informant whereafter the present case was lodged. It has further been contended that the police upon conclusion of investigation, found no substance in the allegation and, as such, a final form was submitted whereby all the accused were not sent up for trial. Looking to the said fact the husband of the informant has already 2 been granted privilege of regular bail by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya. In the facts and circumstances of the case, this court is inclined to extend the petitioners to the privilege of anticipatory bail. In the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today before the court below, above named petitioners are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Kisersarai P.S. Case No. 33 of 2008, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code. Sym/ (Kishore K. Mandal, J.)