IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2993 of 2009 1. Bhado Singh @ Janardhan Singh, Son of late Rameshwar Singh. 2. Sharbhan Singh @ Sharban Kumar Singh, Son of Bhado Singh @ Janardhan Singh. Both are resident of Village-Kurpat, P.S. sabour, Distt. Bhagalpur. ------ Petitioners Versus The State of Bihar --- Opposite Party ----------- 2 1.5.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioners and counsel for the State. If the petitioners can successfully evade their arrest for a period of almost five years, they would not be entitled for grant of anticipatory bail. It is not in doubt that the occurrence was brought to the notice of the Court on 29.7.2003 and therefore, the plea of delay as advanced by the counsel for the petitioners does not appear to be justified because of the intervening Saturday and Sunday in between the date of occurrence and the date of filing of the complaint respectively. If the Police thereafter had taken a period of fifteen months in instituting the First Information Report in terms of the order under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. that also cannot be of any benefit or advantage to the petitioners. 2 Be that as it may, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners and accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners, namely, Bhado Singh @ Janardhan Singh and Sharbhan Singh @ Sharban Kumar Singh is hereby rejected. In the event, the petitioners would surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today, the court below shall consider the prayer for their regular bail on its own merit without being prejudiced by this order. With the aforementioned observations, this application is dismissed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)