IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.19152 of 2009 1. SMT.PUSPA DEVI @ PUSPA DEVI daughter of Mahabir Mandal Wife of Late Pintu Kumar Sah 2. Smt. Uma Devi wife of Sri Mahabir Mandal Both are residents of Village- Dilarpur, P.S.- Manihari, District- Katihar ----------------Petitioners Versus STATE OF BIHAR -------------Opposite Party With Cr.Misc. No.20239 of 2009 SMT. YASHODA DEVI @ YASHODA DEVI Wife of Mochan Sah Resident of Village- Rosana, P.S.- Pranpur, District- Katihar ---------------Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR -------------------Opposite Party ----------- 2. 8.7.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. Allegation against petitioners is that the wife of the deceased was residing to her parents, deceased went there to bring her back but poisoned. In defence it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that all the three petitioners are ladies. Wife of the deceased was at the advance stage of pregnancy. In this regard paras 6, 9, 10, 19 and 20 of the case diary was referred in which witnesses have stated that the petitioners along with co-accused had tortured the deceased both mentally and physically and assaulted him and also administered poison. Learned counsel for the defence submits that their statement was false but is not in a position to deny that they are not corroborating the prosecution case in one way or the other. The - 2 - case under Section 498A was pending as per learned counsel and she was residing in her parents’ even then the deceased wife was pregnant, poisoning is suspected and viscera report is sent for chemical examination, so petitioners deserve no bail. The application for anticipatory bail is rejected. P. Kumar (Mandhata Singh, J.)