IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.6462 of 2008 TOP LAL DAS & ORS Versus STATE OF BIHAR 3 14.5.2008 KHAN Heard counsel for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are accused in a case under sections 302, 201/34 of the Penal Code. It is alleged by the informant that on the eve of Diwali her son Pradeep Das gone to the house of accused Pitambar Yadav to participate in gambling and when he did not return to his house, the informant went to the house of accused Pitambar Yadav but he did not give reply satisfactorily. It is further alleged that she came to know that all the accused persons including the petitioners committed murder of her son and concealed his dead body on the bank of river Kadwara. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the informant and her family members have subsequently not supported the prosecution case and it has been stated that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case. The petitioners are in custody since 1.12.2007. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners Top Lal Das, Dinesh Das, Sita Ram Das and Nunu Lal Das are directed to be released on bail in connection with Chakai P.S.Case No.88 of 2002 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui subject to the condition that they shall not physically absent themselves in the court below for two consecutive dates till three witnesses are examined in trial. (S.P.Singh,J) - 2 -