Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32865 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Niteshwar Singh 2. Ratnesh Singh @ Ratneshwar Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-09-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that one Lalan Singh took the husband of the informant for working in the marriage ceremony when some dispute arose and thereafter the victim went missing. It is further alleged that the dead body of the victim was recovered with injuries when it was suspected that petitioners made assault and killed the victim. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that thrust of accusation is against Lalan Singh who has been granted regular bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 26848 of 2012. This Court sees no reason for learned Court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioners, if the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks in connection Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32865 of 2012 (2) dt.10-09-2012 2 / 2 2 with Saraiyua P.S. Case No. 58 of 2012, pending in the Court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, West, Muzaffarpur. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioners. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 364

Statute Text:
Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person may be murdered or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being murdered, shall be punished with imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.