IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.26963 of 2008 SONI KHATOON & ANR Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 10.11.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. Petitioners are accused in a case registered for the offence under sections 302,201/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegations against the petitioners to the effect are that the son of the informant was taken to Mumbai for doing domestic work. The son of the informant did not return for two years and thereafter the informant made enquiry from petitioner no.2 who informed that her son was at Mumbai with petitioner no.1. The informant, on reaching at Mumbai, enquired about her son, she was told by petitioner no.1 that her son had gone with petitioner no.2 and other co-accused. The son of the informant could not be traced and did not come back to the informant. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that there is no allegation against these petitioners attracting the alleged offence. He further submits that the matters have been amicably settled between the parties and also submits that another co-accused ,namely, Md Yusuf Ansari has been granted regular bail by this court by order dated 14.5.2008 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 18486/08. Certified copy of the order has been produced that is kept on record. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State on going through the case diary submits that during investigation the materials have come to the effect that the son of the informant for some ailment was treated - 2 - by petitioner no.1. However the said ailment was not informed to the informant. Considering the above facts of the case, let the petitioners Soni Khatoon and Maithun Nishan @ Maimun Nisha @ Maitu Nisha, in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs 10,000/ - ( rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in Vaishali (Belsar) P.S. Case no. 43 of 2007 subject to the condition as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. shahid (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J)