IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.20133 of 2010 MD.ABBAS & ORS Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 03. 02.08.2010 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under Sections 304B/34 of the I.P.C. It is alleged that there was some altercation with the in-laws with regard to the victim going to her parent’s house which resulted into victim litting her on fire. Admittedly in the F.I.R. there is no allegation of demand of dowry. Learned counsel for the informant however submits that the death took place within nine months of the marriage and there is allegation of torture and subsequently during investigation the allegation of torture has also been levelled by the prosecution side. Since petitioner No. 1 is husband, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner No. 1 namely Md. Abbas. The prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner No. 1 is rejected. So far as petitioner Nos. 2 and 3, father-in- law and mother-in-law are concerned, there is general allegation against the entire in-laws family and above all there is no allegation of demand or torture in the 2 fardbeyan. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner No. 2. Md. Makul and petitioner No. 3 Sakila Khatoon, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Manihari P.S. Case No. 41 of 2010. Shageer ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)