IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.31698 of 2009 SRI DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 9.9.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is the mother-in-law apprehending arrest in a Police Case under Sections 304(B), 498(A), 201 and 120(B) of the Penal Code and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. She came to this Court earlier in Cr. Misc. No. 11950/2008. This Court remanded the matter for a re-hearing since the earlier bail application came to be disposed by the Court at her insistence without the case diary. This Court only made an observation that the petitioner should file an application for anticipatory bail before the Court below within three weeks from 1.5.2008. She filed her application on 4th June 2008 which has been rejected on mere technicalities without considering the merits of the matter. The order of this Court dated 1.5.2008 was not mandatory or peremptory in nature. Consideration of prayer for bail involves liberty of the citizen. The bail matters cannot be disposed off by cryptic unreasoned order. The submission is that the mother-in-law is residing in the village of Nawadah whereas occurrence has taken place at Dhanbad as per the allegations where the husband resides with the deceased. 2 Let the petitioner, above named, surrender in the Court below within a period of four weeks from today when she shall be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawadah in connection with Nawadah P.S. Case No. 292/05, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. P. Kumar (Navin Sinha, J.)