IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.31320 of 2008 SAMSHAD & ORS. Vrs. THE STATE OF BIHAR **** /2/ 28.08.2008 Heard the counsel for the petitioners and the State. 2. Petitioners, namely, (1) Samshad, (2) Nayam, (3) Irshad, (4) Sk. Kafil, (5) Firoj Khatoon, (6) Rabina Khatoon and (7) Hashim, are mother-in-law, brothers-in-law, married and unmarried sisters-in-law and husband of sister-in-law. They all are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 400 of 2008 registered for offence under Sections 498A of the Indian Penal Code and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Counsel for the petitioners submits that the allegations are imagining and false. Complaint herself is not willing to live in her matrimonial house. So far the alleged demand of money is concerned, that was not as dowry, but for business purpose, which cannot be considered as an offence under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 3. Considering the facts, the prayer for anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioners is allowed. They are directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in case of their surrender before the Court concerned within four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with the aforementioned case to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. S.A. ( Mridula Mishra, J. )