IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.44916 of 2010 HAR KUNWAR @ HAR KUNWAR DEVI wife of Umesh Prasad Singh, resident of village- Bhawanichak, Police Station- Jehanabad in the district of Jehanabad. ….... Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 26.03.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in connection with complaint case which was lodged against her and others in the year 2004. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that as a matter of fact, the petitioner being the mother-in-law has hardly been left with any relationship with her son who has since separated in the year 2003, soon after his marriage in the year 2002 and that the son of the petitioner also in the month of August 2010 had undertaken before learned Magistrate to keep his wife- complainant with due respect and dignity. He would further submit that even thereafter the wife/ complainant did not choose to remain with the son of the petitioner and therefore at least this petitioner being an old lady should be granted anticipatory bail as the whole case is itself false. In the opinion of this Court, the delay of 2 almost 6 to 7 years in seeking anticipatory bail by the petitioner itself would be sufficient to reject such prayer of her anticipatory bail. Additionally, this Court would find that the court below has also recorded the statement of the victim lady who had appeared in Court and had reiterated her allegations of physical and mental torture against the petitioner. Moreover, even after a period of six years the victim lady has not been rehabilitated and as such the petitioner being the mother-in-law cannot altogether absolve herself. Thus even on merits, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. That being so, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected with a liberty to seek regular bail. If the petitioner would surrender and seek her regular bail within a period of four weeks from today, the court below will make its all endeavour to dispose it of on the same day. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)