IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.16182 of 2009 PRAMOD PRASAD, son of Ram Lakhan Bhagat @ Ram Lakhan Singh, resident of village-Baidnathpur @ Khanpur, P.S.-Ahiyapur, District- Muzaffarpur. ……..Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar ……..Opposite Party. With Cr.Misc. No.16453 of 2009 1. ARVIND KUMAR SINGH @ ARVIND KUMAR, son of Methur Singh @ Methu Singh @ Meghu Singh 2. SURENDRA SINGH, son of Chathu Bhagat, both resident of village- Khanajadpur, P.S.-Meenapur, District-Muzaffarpur. ……..Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar …….Opposite Party. With Cr.Misc. No.16807 of 2009 SHYAM KUMAR, son of Methur Singh, resident of village-Khanejadpur, P.S.-Minapur, District-Muzaffarpur. ……..Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar ……..Opposite Party. With Cr.Misc. No.17679 of 2009 SANJAY SINGH, son of Shree Laxman Bhagat, resident of village- Khanejadpur, Police Station-Minapur, District-Muzaffarpur. ……..Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar …….Opposite Party. ----------- 02. 21.05.2009 Petitioners in all these four bail applications are in custody in relation to Minapur P.S. Case No. 130 2 of 2008 instituted under Section 302, 307 and other Sections of the Indian Penal Code. The informant who is the brother of the deceased alleges that on 04.06.2008 at about 8:30 pm, on the charge of kidnapping of Niva Kumari, daughter of one Ram Pravesh Prasad, several people including the petitioners came variously with armed weapons and severly assaulted the deceased and his brother and dragged the deceased away. Later on, next morning the dead body of the deceased was found. Postmortem injury shows over six wounds on the person with sharp hard and blunt substance. On basis thereof, the First Information Report was instituted on the next day. On behalf of the petitioners, it is submitted that Ram Pravesh Prasad and Nand Kishore Prasad are closely related. Nand Kishore Prasad had in fact abducted and forcibly married with Niva Kumari, daughter of Ram Pravesh Prasad which had enraged the villagers. It is because of this that in spite of the fact that Nand Kishore Prasad was severely been assaulted and dragged away in an injured condition, no information was given to the police then and there. Information was given only on the next day when dead body was recovered. It is stated that Ram Pravesh Prasad whose daughter was the centre of the whole 3 controversy has already been granted bail by this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 14714 of 2009 dated 24.04.2009 and other co-accused persons have already been granted bail. In the facts and circumstances stated above, let the petitioners namely 1. Pramod Prasad 2. Arvind Kumar Singh @ Arvind Kumar 3. Surendra Singh 4. Shyam Kumar 5. Sanjay Singh be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in connection with Minapur P.S. Case No. 130 of 2008. Shageer (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J)