IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20121 of 2011 Lakhpat Jat @ Lakhpat & Ors. Versus The State Of Bihar ----------- 04/ 13.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners are in jail custody in a case registered under section 395 of the IPC. Petitioners are not named in the first information report but in course of investigation they were arrested and allegedly, looted bundles of notes were recovered from the possession of the petitioners and other accused. The aforesaid seized notes had seal and wrapper of the concerned bank and the informant identified the aforesaid notes in test identification parade. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners used to sell cloths and, as a matter of fact, the aforesaid notes came in possession of the petitioners in course of their business and moreover, having similar allegation one co-accused namely, Man Singh has already been granted privilege of bail by another bench of this court vide order dated 27.7.2011 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 22622/2011. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, I am not inclined to release the petitioners no.1, 2 and 3,namely, Lakhpat Jat @ Lakhpat, Jagdish Singh and Dara Singh on bail and accordingly, their prayer for bail in connection with Arrer P.S. Case no. 153/2010 pending in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani is, hereby, rejected at least, at this - 2 - stage. So far as petitioner no. 4, Rabiya Khatoon @ Rabiya Begam is concerned, according to the fardbeyan of the informant itself, no woman had participated in the alleged crime. Accordingly, petitioner no.4, namely, Rabiya Khatoon @ Rabiya Begam is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in Arrer P.S. Case no. 153/2010. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)