IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.4664 of 2010 1. MANOJ KUMAR @ MANOJ SAO 2. Babloo Sao Both sons of Shankar Sao,resident of village-Hantarganj,P.S.-Hantarganj,District- Chatra(Jharkhand). Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- For the Petitioner :Mr.Mahendra Thakur, Advocate. For the State :Mr.Md.Ansarul Haque, Addl.P.P. --------- 02/ 08-04-2010 Heard the parties. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Jehanabad P.S.Case No.11/2009 dated 08-01-2009, registered under Section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Subsequently offence under Section 120B of the Penal Code was also added. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that they are not named in the FIR as accused. In the FIR a suspicion was raised by the informant that her sister-in-law (Gotani) and brother- in-law (Dewar) may be responsible for committing the murder of the husband of the informant. During the course of investigation Usha Devi, sister-in-law of the informant, was arrested and her confessional statement was recorded by the police, wherein she disclosed the name of these petitioners as accused. He also submits that confession without leading to any recovery has no evidentiary value and, therefore, the petitioners may be extended the privilege of anticipatory bail. Learned counsel for the State has strongly opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and has submitted that according to the 2 prosecution case co-accused Usha Devi planned the murder of the husband of the informant and these petitioners are said to have executed the same and, therefore, they have played a very important role for committing the crime in question. In that view of the matter, their prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. Petitioners must surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today and seek regular bail, if so advised. If such a petition is filed, the same may be disposed of on its own merit without being prejudiced by the present order. AH/ ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J.)