IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.6060 of 2009 1.HANSH LAL SAHNI 2.Bans Lal Sahni 3.Gauri Shankar Sahni 4.Prem Shankar Sahni All sons of late Ramasish Sahni 5.Indu Devi, wife of Bans Lal Sahni 6.Sugandhi Devi, wife of Hansh Lal Sahni All resident of village Ram Nagara, P.S. Majorganj,Dist. Sitamarhi----petitioners Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR--------------opp.party ----------- 2. 15.5.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional P.P. for the State. The petitioners pray for anticipatory bail in a case under Sections 498A, 304B, 201, 120B of the IPC and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that a totally false case has been lodged in the form of a complaint on 5.11.2007 with respect to an occurrence alleged to have taken place on 13.9.2007 without any explanation for the said delay. It is further stated that after investigation police submitted final form but subsequently on the basis of a fax message received from the Deputy Inspector General of Police statements of 2-3 persons were recorded under Section 164 of the Cr.P.C. and thereafter chargesheet has been submitted which, according to learned counsel for the petitioners, is contrary to 2 the provisions of the Cr.P.C. It is further submitted that the petitioner nos. 1 to 4 are the step brothers of the father-in-law of the victim girl and the other two petitioners are the wives of the petitioner nos. 2 and 1 respectively and they have no concern with the family of the father-in-law of the girl since they are separate for the last 23-24 years. On a consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that the petitioners, namely,(1)Hansh Lal Sahni,(2) Bans Lal Sahni, (3) Gauri Shankar Sahni, (4) Prem Shankar Sahni, (5) Indu Devi and (6) Sugandhi Devi, in the event of their arrest or surrender in the court below within four weeks from today shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi, in connection with Majorganj P.S.Case No. 147/07 subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) spal/