IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2662 of 2010 SUBODH THAKUR @ SUBODH KUMAR SINGH SON OF RAUSHAN SINGH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE RAUSHANPUR PANAPUR, P.S. KANTI, DISTRICT MUZAFFARPUR. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 25.5.2010. Heard Shri Hari Kishre Thakur, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Smt. Indu Bala Pandey, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State. The sole petitioner, apprehending his arrest in connection with Kazi Mohammadpur P.S. Case No.24 of 2008, has prayed for grant of anticipatory bail. The petitioner has mainly prayed for bail on the ground that on similar circumstances, several other accused persons have been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by this Court. He has referred to Annexures 2 and 3 series to the petition. By Annexure-2 i.e. order dated 17.12.2009, accused Rabindra Thakur @ Ravindra Thakur was granted the privilege of anticipatory bail, by order dated 1.7.2009, co-accused Bhushan Jha was granted the privilege of anticipatory bail and similarly - 2 - situated co-accused Dr. Upendra Sharan Prasad Singh @ Upendra Sharan Singh, who was ex- husband of deceased, was granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by this Court by order dated 18.8.2008 passed in Cr. Misc. No.27215 of 2008. The allegation as per F.I.R. is that the informant had disclosed in his written report submits before the police that her Mausi(mother’s sister) was killed in a well designed manner by her ex-husband conspiring with other accused persons including the petitioner. The allegation was that the accused persons wanted to usurp the entire properties of deceased. The deceased was divorcee of Dr. Upendra Sharan Prasad Singh @ Upendra Sharan Singh. Since accused Dr. Upendra Sharan Prasad Singh @ Upendra Sharan Singh has already been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail and other similarly situated accused persons have been granted bail, there is no reason to deny the same privilege to this petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail is - 3 - N.H./ allowed. In the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today, the petitioner above named shall be released on bail on his furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in Kazimohammadpur P.S. Case No.24 of 2008, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. It is made clear that the privilege of grant of anticipatory bail shall be operative till the submission of the charge sheet. ( Rakesh kumar,J.)