IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.775 of 2010 1SHASHI BHUSHAN PANDEY son of Kamal Ppandey 2.Prabha Devi Prabha Pandey wife of Shashi Bhushan Pandey Both are resident of village Harpur Mukund, P.S. Rajapakar, Dist. Vaiishali …petitioners. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 24.2.2010 Heard Mr. Sunil Kumar learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh learned A.P.P. for the State. The two petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Rajapakar (Baranti O.P.)P.S. case no. 08 of 1999 registered under section 304 B read with section 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that petitioner no.1 is the elder brother of the husband of the deceased and petitioner no.2 happens to be the wife. It appears that case was registered on 2.2.1999 and since then almost eleven years have elapsed and the petitioner succeeded in avoiding the process of the court. It further transpires that prayer for anticipatory bail of co-accused Chandeshwar Mishra has been dismissed by this Court by order dated 1.10.2007 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 40900 of 2007. In the facts and circumstances of the case this court is not persuaded to accede the prayer of the petitioners for grant of anticipatory bail. The prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. However, the petitioners are directed to surrender in the court below within the period of six weeks from today and pray for regular bail and on so surrendering their prayer for regular bail shall be considered by the court below on its own merit without being prejudiced by the order of the anticipatory bail. (Birendra Prasad Verma, J) M.Rahman