IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr Misc No 17459 of 2009 Upendra Sahni, son of Gribi Das, resident of Village - Brahampur, Tola Lakhaura, P S - Lakhaura, District - East Champaran - Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar - Opposite Party ----------- 3 08.07.2009 The petitioner apprehends arrest in Motihari Mufassil (Lakhaura) Police Station Case No 84 of 2005 for an offence under Section 302 and other sections of Indian Penal Code. It is alleged that the informant’s husband was lifted and taken to the house of petitioner’s father and was brutally assaulted there and left unconscious in that house. The informant then managed to rescue him and in course of treatment, he died. The brutal assault is confirmed in post mortem report. The case is of 2005 and the petitioner is named in the first information report and is moving his application for anticipatory bail after 4 years. In the facts of the case, I find no merit in this application which is, accordingly, dismissed. The petitioner may, however, surrender before the Court below within 4 weeks from today and pray for bail which prayer shall be considered and disposed of on its own merit without being prejudiced by this order. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)