IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.24729 of 2011 1.Madan Thakur son of late Swaminath Thakur 2.Pramila Devi wife of Madan Thakur 3. Chandan Thakur son of late Swaminath Thakur All resident of village-Mahual Mahal, P.S.- Hasanpura (M.H.Nagar), District- Siwan. Versus The State Of Bihar ----------- 2. 27.7.2011. Heard learned counsel for petitioners and learned counsel for the State. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence under sections 304B and 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Petitioner no.1 is brother-in-law (Bhainsur), petitioner no.2 is sister-in-law (Gotni) and petitioner no.3 is brother-in-law (Dewar). The death took place on 25.7.2010. The complaint in this regard was filed on 3.8.2010 and the same was referred to the police for institution of first information report which was registered on 4.9.2010. It is submitted on behalf of petitioners that the victim Poonam Devi made her statement which was recorded by A.S.I. of Palit Nagar Police Station, Siwan on 24.7.2010 at 2.15 p.m. at Sadar Hospital, Siwan in which she stated that on the same day in the morning at about 8 a.m. while she was cooking food, she met with an accidental fire burn injury. No body was present in the house. She raised hue and cry. Her husband is a barber and works in Delhi. Her co-villagers brought her to hospital at Siwan where she was undergoing treatment. The said statement, if believed, exonerates the 2 accused persons from any culpability for which they are being prosecuted. It is also submitted that the dead body was not hurriedly disposed of rather postmortem was conducted and, thereafter, she was cremated in presence of villagers and the informant. However, subsequently, the informant in order to blackmail and extract money has lodged the present complaint which is vexatious and malicious in nature. Taking into consideration the aforesaid submissions, let the petitioners, namely, 1.Madan Thakur, 2.Pramila Devi and 3.Chandan Thakur, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/communication of the order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- (five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra in connection with Kopa P.S. Case No.63 of 2010. Md.S. ( Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)