IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.18818 of 2009 Awadh Kishore Yadav, son of Sri Take Narayan Yadav, Resident of Village-Balutol (Tintola) P.S.- Sarasi, District- Purnea ……………………………………………Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar …………………………..Opposite Party. ----------- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Bhola Prasad, Advocate. For the State :- Mr. Manish Kumar, A.P.P. 2. 25. 05. 09. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. Petitioner has been made accused in connection with Banmankhi (Sarasi) P.S. Case No. 27 of 2007 registered under Sections 302 and 328/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is Gotia of the Pankaj Yadav and has nothing to do with his family affairs. Further submission is that there was a love affair between co-accused Pankaj Yadav and the deceased for which a case under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code was instituted. However, later on, the matter was compromised and both got married. Thereafter, Renu Devi (deceased) was killed and petitioner alongwith others has been made accused by the mother of the deceased, viz, Phoolo Devi alias Phoolan Devi. There was similar allegation against mother of Pankaj Yadav, but after trial she has been acquitted of the charges. Petitioner has brought on record on the deposition of the informant vide Anneuxre-2 in Sessions Trial No. 280/2008 wherein she has not supported the prosecution case and has been declared hostile. It is also stated that brother of the 2 petitioner, namely, Nand Kishore Yadav who is co- accused and is on similar footing has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 14892 of 2009, dated 30.04.2009, as contained in Annexure-3. In the facts and circumstances of the case the petitioner, namely, Awadh Kishore Yadav, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea, in connection with Banmankhi (Sarasi) P.S. Case No. 27 of 2007. m.p. (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)