IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.5974 of 2009 1. DEORAJ YADAV ,S/O GANGA YADAV 2. OM PRAKASH YADAV S/O CHANARIK YADAV 3. URMILA DEVI, W/O UMA SHANKAR YADAV ( ALL ABOVE R/O VILL. JIVAN BIGHA ( CHAUHAR) P.S. KARPI, DIST. ARWAL. ---- PETITIONERS. Versus STATE OF BIHAR --- OPP. PARTY. ----------- For the Petitioners: Mr. Umesh Kumar, Advocate. 02. 22.04.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners. Nobody appears on behalf of the State. It is stated that during the pendency of this application, petitioner no.2, namely, Om Prakash Yadav has been arrested and remanded in this case. Accordingly, the application so far as petitioner no.2 is concerned, has become infructuous. It is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. The petitioners seek anticipatory bail in a case instituted under Sections 498(A) and 223 of the Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Petitioner no.1 is cousin father-in –law whereas petitioner no.3 is sister –in-law ( gotni) of the complainant.. It is submitted that the complaint has been lodged about 15 years of marriage. So far as petitioner no.1 is concerned, although the complainant has made certain specific allegations in the complaint but in course of her statement 2 recorded on S.A. she has not disclosed the said part of allegation. Having regard to those facts, this court is inclined to extend them the privilege of anticipatory bail. In the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today before the court below, petitioner no.1 and 3, namely, Deoraj Yadav and Urmila Devi are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in connection with Tr. No. 1085/2008 (arising out of Complaint Case No. 299/2007), subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Sym/ (Kishore K. Mandal, J.)