IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.184 of 2011 RAJESH KUMAR MAHTO @ RAJESH KUMAR SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.1272 of 2011 MD. NAHID Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.43421 of 2010 SATRUGHAN THAKUR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 03/ 28.03.2011 All the above stated petitions are taken enbloc as the said petitions arise out of Bahadurpur P.S. Case no. 240/2010 registered under sections 302,201/34 of the IPC and accordingly, above stated petitions are being disposed of by this common order. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Addl. P.P. for the State. Admittedly, after recovery of the dead body of husband of one Sunita Devi, the above stated Bahadurpur P.S. Case no. 240/2010 was registered against unknown persons and after registration of the above stated case, the above stated Sunita Devi gave written report to the Officer Incharge of Bahadurpur, police station, Darbhanga that her husband had some inimical term with the petitioner in Cr. Misc. no. 43421/2010 and she expressed her suspicion that her husband was kidnapped and killed by the petitioner in Cr. Misc. no. 184/2011 as well as the petitioner in Cr. Misc. no. 43421/2010 with the help of their associates. After getting the aforesaid petition, the police started - 2 - investigation in the above stated light and the petitioners were arrested. It is stated that on the basis of disclosure made by the petitioner in Cr. Misc. no. 1272/2011, one knife was recovered from an orchard. As per prosecution case, aforesaid knife had been used in commission of the alleged crime but there is nothing on the case diary to substantiate the above stated submission of the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. Admittedly, the entire case hinges upon circumstantial evidence and except some dispute between the petitioner in Cr. Misc. no. 43421/2010 and the deceased, there is nothing against the petitioners. Taking into consideration the above stated facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let petitioners, Rajesh Kumar Mahto @ Rajesh Kumar Singh, Md Nahid and Satrughan Thakur, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga, in Bahadurpur P.S. Case no. 240/2010. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)