IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.32691 of 2009 POONAM DEVI @ POONAM SINGH, W/o Arbind Singh, resident of village – Patuwa P.S. Darouli, District – Siwan. ….. Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ….. Opp. Party. ----------- 02/ 12.11.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel appearing for the State. Petitioner is the wife of younger brother of the husband of the deceased. The deceased was found in flames by the informant. Allegation against this petitioner is that she asked the informant to see what is happening inside the house and the informant saw that the deceased was burning. It is stated that the deceased made an allegation that kerosene oil was sprinkled by the family members including the petitioner. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation has not been supported by any other person including the sons of the deceased. It was an accidental fire which caught to the dress of the deceased while preparing food. There is no eye witness to the occurrence. The informant is the brother of petitioner’s husband. Considering these facts, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on behalf of petitioner, namely, Poonam - 2 - Devi @ Poonam Singh is allowed. She is directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in case of her surrender before the Court concerned within four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Darouli P.S. Case No. 41 of 2009 to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan. DKS/ (Mridula Mishra, J.)