Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27449 of 2011 (2) dt.02-09-2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27449 of 2011 ====================================================== Laxmi Narain Singh .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== 2 02-09-2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the state. Petitioner is father-in-law of deceased and there is allegation that he as well as the other family members used to torture the deceased on account of non-fulfillment of illegal demand. Admittedly the present case was initially registered under Sections 341, 323, 324, 307, 498A of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, which was subsequently converted into Sections 304(B), 498(A) and 120(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner drew my attention towards Annexure-3 of this petition and submitted that earlier petitioner came before this Court and sought relief under Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code by filing Cr. Misc. No. 10386 of 2011 but this Court disposed of the prayer of the petitioner vide order dated 22.04.2011 giving direction to petitioner to surrender before the court below for regular bail Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27449 of 2011 (2) dt.02-09-2011 within a period of four weeks and furthermore, this Court directed the learned court below to pass appropriate order on the regular bail petition of petitioner keeping in mind that the informant has retracted from his initial version and petitioner was not present at the place of occurrence at the relevant time. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that above stated observation of this Court clearly demonstrates that at the time of alleged occurrence, petitioner was not present at the place of occurrence. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, namely, Laxmi Narain Singh be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, in connection with Saraiya P.S. Case No. 73 of 2010, to the satisfaction of the learned Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate, West, Muzaffarpur. Bhardwaj/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)