IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.36569 of 2008 RANJIT GIRI @ NEPALI & ORS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 29.9.2008 Heard. The date of occurrence being 7.9.2006 the petition of complaint was presented before C.J.M., Darbhanga on 19.12.2006, which was referred to the Laheriasarai Police Station under Section 156 (3) of the Cr. P.C. and accordingly, the case was instituted in Laheriasarai police station sometimes in the year, 2006. The matter was kept under investigation and there does not appear much coming out of it for over a year or so, except that there were some hearsay circumstances of the deceased being seen in the company of petitioner No. 3 Janki Devi at Laheriasarai tower. All on a sudden, the S.P., Darbhanga could discover that the matter could be investigated by Samastipur police and ordered for transfer of the case to Samastipur and accordingly, the case was registered and the petitioners were arrested. There, in fact, does not appear any material even after hearing the learned counsel for the informant, who could not satisfy me about the existence of any strong - 2 - circumstance indicating the complicity of the petitioners except that there are hearsay materials that the deceased was either seen in company of petitioner no.3 or telling someone of his relatives that he was going to see the lady, i.e., petitioner no.3. Under the facts and circumstances, let petitioners Ranjit Giri (Nepali), Noori Devi and Janki Devi be released from custody on furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in connection with Samastipur Town P.S. Case No. 38 of 2008. DKS/ (Dharnidhar Jha, J)