IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23731 of 2011 Sumit Kumar @ Sumit Singh Versus The State Of Bihar with Criminal Miscellaneous No.14595 of 2011 Ankit Singh @ Ankit Kumar Versus The State Of Bihar ----------- 05/ 03.11.2011 Both the above stated petitions arise out of Barauni (FCI) P.S. Case no.297/2009 registered under sections 147, 148, 149, 341,307,326 of the IPC and subsequently, section 302 of the IPC was also added and accordingly, both the above stated petitions are being disposed of by this common order. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners are not named in the first information report but in course of investigation some witnesses claimed that it was the petitioners who committed murder of the deceased who was veteran criminal having twenty five criminal cases in his credit. Learned counsel for the petitioners drew my attention towards this fact that alleged occurrence took place on 18.9.2009 and first information report was lodged on 1.10.2009 whereas the deceased died on 27.3.2010 but till registration of the first information report, names of these petitioners did not appear in this case. It is further pointed out by him that the witnesses named the petitioners as assailants of this case but they have not stated this fact as to whether they had witnessed of the alleged occurrence or not. It is further contended by him that the deceased was killed by some criminals in a - 2 - gang war. Although petitioners also carry some criminal antecedents but considering the above stated facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioners, Sumit Kumar @ Sumit Singh and Ankit Singh @ Ankit Kumar, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Sessions Judge II Begusarai in Sessions Trial no. 1034/2010 arising out of Barauni (FCI) P.S. Case no. 279/2009. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)