IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8951 of 2009 Shankar Sahani, son of Jhingan Sahni, resident of village- Bangra Chaupan, P.S. Kanti (Panapur O.P.) District-Muzaffarpur Versus State Of Bihar ----------- 2. 18.04.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. The petitioner prays for bail in a case under Sections 304B, 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been wrongly named in this case in the FIR as son of Paltan Sahni along with two other co-accused who have also been shown as son of Paltan Sahni, who is the father-in-law of the victim girl. It is submitted that, as a matter of fact, the petitioner is son of Jhingan Sahani and the said fact has also been accepted by the police in the course of investigation when application was filed for issuance of warrant of arrest against him in para-74 of the case diary. It is thus submitted that not being member of family but being a distant agnate there would be no occasion for the petitioner to have actively participated in the murder of the daughter of the informant or even demand of dowry and at best a case of 201 IPC would be made out against the petitioner. It is also submitted that the petitioner has remained in custody since 1.9.2008 i.e., for more than seven and half months. On a consideration of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, it is directed that the petitioner, Shankar Sahani shall - 2 - be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Kanti P.S. (Panapur O.P.) Case No. 118/2006 to the satisfaction of the SDJM, West, Muzaffarpur. S.Pandey (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)