IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR.MISC. NO.49260 OF 2008 1. MD.NIZAM, SON OF LATE SHAFIQUE 2. MD. TASLIM, SON OF SATTAR BOTH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE DAGARU, POLICE STATION MAHUA, DISTRICT VAISHALI ………… ……………..PETITIONERS VERSUS STATE OF BIHAR **** 2 16.12.2008 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned Counsel for the State. The petitioners apprehend arrest in a police case under Sections 302, 452, 147, 148, 149, 323 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3, 4 and 5 of the Prevention of Witch Practices Act. The submission is of inordinate and unexplained delay of six months in lodging of the complaint case from the date of the assault and death two days after the assault. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioners above named surrender before the Court below within four weeks when they shall be enlarged on anticipatory bail upon furnishing the bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each along with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Mahua Police Station Case No. 28 of 2008. Anand ( Navin Sinha, J. )