IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr Misc No 9644 of 2009 Ratan Singh, son of Brajdeo Singh, resident of Village - Jiar, P S - Asthawan, District - Nalanda - Petitioner Versus State of Bihar - Opposite party -------- 3 25.05.2009 Heard the informant The petitioner is in custody in relation to Asthawan Police Station Case No 90 of 2008 instituted under Section 302 and other sections of Indian Penal Code read with Arms Act and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that during course of emersion of goddess Durga statues after Dushehra, the informant, who are lower caste people, were restrained by accused persons from performing Puja in which altercation took place and the deceased was shot. Shri Ajay Kumar Thakur, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that as would be apparent from the first information report, the allegation is against one Munni Singh who has shot the deceased on his head. This has been scored out from the first information report and later petitioner’s name introduced in the latter part of the first information report. Munni Singh has already been granted bail by this Court in Cr Misc No 2762 of 2009 by order dated 02.03.2009. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner abovenamed is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bonds of Rs 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Biharsharif in Asthawan Police Station Case No 90 of 2008. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)