IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.49991 of 2008 1. JAI PRAKASH PANDEY 2. Kameshwar Panday Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 4. 13.4.2009 Heard both sides. The petitioners who are husband and father-in-law of the victim have approached this Court for grant of anticipatory bail in a case instituted under Sections 498 (A) of the Indian Penal Code. Counsel for the petitioners referring to Annexure-2 submits that the father of the girl (Priyanka Devi) has filed an affidavit stating that in fact his daughter was not residing in the matrimonial home, and that she was residing elsewhere with her paramour. A certified copy of the order passed in matrimonial case no. 33 of 2009 has been handed in by the counsel for the petitioner in order to show that with consent of both the husband and wife, the decree of divorce has already been passed on 6.3.2009. The certified copy of the order is made part of this record and is marked as Annexure- X. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners Jai Prakash Panday and Kameshwar Panday are directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks in connection with Kargahar P.S. Case No. 154/08 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each - 2 - with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas (Sasaram), subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. P. Kumar (Kishore K. Mandal, J.)