IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.18196 of 2009 1. Md. Shaukat, Son of Md. Sddique, 2. Md. Safi Ahmad, Son of Md. Sddique, & 3. Abdul Jabbar, Son of Md. Yasin, All are resident of Jhanjharpur Bazar, P.S.-Jhanjharpur, District- Madhubani. . . . . . Petitioners. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2/ 21.05.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. Petitioners have been alleged for ravishing the complainant. More so, it is specifically stated that the complainant was coming along with her husband and she was intercepted by these petitioners, taken to an orchard, looted away and raped. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners is that earlier a case was filed on behalf of Rusana Khatoon, daughter and niece of the petitioners, for the offences under Section 498 A and other allied Sections of the Indian Penal Code for the cruelty caused by family members of the complainant’s husband and only to save their skin this complaint case has been lodged otherwise there is no independent witness to corroborate the commission of rape. Accordingly, this petition for anticipatory bail is allowed. In case of arrest or surrender within one month from today in C.R. No. 683 of 2005 / Tr. No. 1688 of 2009, the above named petitioners shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Govind Chandrayan, Sessions Judge, Madhubani, Circuit Court, Jhanjharpur, subject to the conditions as laid down under sub-section (2) of Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Uday/ (Mandhata Singh, J.)