IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19231 of 2011 Jay Prakash Kumar Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 3 17-08-2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the state. Petitioner is in jail custody since 05.04.2011 in a case initially registered under Section-307 & other minor sections of the Indian Penal Code but subsequently, converted under Sections-302, 120B of the Indian Penal Code. Petitioner is not named in the first information report which has been lodged on the basis of farebeyan of one, Niku Kumari who was subsequently, made accused in this case and her statement under Section-164 of the Cr. P.C. was recorded and the said Niku Kumari stated in her statement that she had illicit relationship with the petitioner and it was the petitioner and some other co-accused who committed the murder of her mother-in-law. Admittedly, except the statement of aforesaid Niku Kumari, none of the persons has claimed to have seen the petitioner committing the alleged crime. The aforesaid Niku Kumari has already been released on bail by another bench of this court vide order dated 09.10.2009 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 34041 of 2009. Accordingly, the petitioner, namely, Jay Prakash Kumar is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail 2 bonds of Rs 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Jehanabad P.S. Case No. 205 of 2009 to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad. AKV/- ( Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J.)