IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.18909 of 2009 1. BAHADUR SINGH son of late Bachan Singh, 2. Guddu Singh son of Bahadur Singh, both residents of village Khairhi, Police Station Natwar,District Rohtas… … Petitioners Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR…. OPPOSITE PARTY For the Petitioners: M/s. Ajay Kumar Thakur and Raghunandan Kr.Singh,Advocates For the S t a t e : Mr. Chandra Sen Pd. Singh, A.P.P. ----------- 2 27.05.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. Petitioners are accused in a case under sections 304B, 201 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no. 1 is the father-in-law of the deceased and is aged about 75 years, whereas petitioner no. 2 is student of Intermediate and is brother-in-law(Devar) of the deceased. It is further submitted that Partition Suit No. 201 of 2003 was filed by petitioner nos. 1 and 2 for partition of the joint family property and one Gulab Singh and Akshaiwar Singh(husband of the deceased) were made defendants therein. The matter was relegated to the Lok Adalat and thereafter the matter was compromised and separate Takhta was allotted to the plaintiffs as well as the defendants. This has been stated to impress upon this Court that there has been already partition in the family and the aforesaid Akshaiwar Singh(husband of the deceased) was living separately. Further submission is that the allegations are omnibus and general in nature against all the accused persons and the husband of the deceased is stated to be under jail custody. It is 2 also contended that two accused persons, namely, Kiran Devi, married Nanad of the deceased, and Gulab Jharo Devi, the mother- in-law of the deceased, have been granted anticipatory bail by a Bench of this Court, a copy of which has been brought on record as annexure 3 to this application. Petitioner no. 1 is stated to be in jail custody since 20.01.2009, whereas petitioner no. 2 is stated to be in jail custody since 24.01.2009. Learned A.P.P., appearing on behalf of the State, submits that there is allegation of torturing and committing murder of the deceased against all the accused persons. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I direct the petitioners, namely, Bahadur Singh and Guddu Singh, to be enlarged on bail on their furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bikramganj(Rohtas), Natwar Police Station Case No. 39 of 2008. SC ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)