IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.15585 of 2008 JANAK KEWAT Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 07.5.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as also learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner who is one of the F.I.R. named accused of Tekari P.S. Case No. 92 of 2006 registered under sections 302, 201/34 I.P.C. is apprehensive of his arrest in connection therewith and has prayed for anticipatory bail. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case since no son would dare to commit the murder of his own mother. It has also been submitted that there is no iota of evidence against the petitioner so as to implicate him in this case and the witnesses examined in course of investigation have stated that the deceased was very old and she had died a natural death. Unfortunately the body when recovered was burnt and the post mortem report indicates that the death was due to shock and haemorrhage due to head injury. It appears that the petitioner had moved the learned Sessions Judge for anticipatory bail and the same was dismissed by order dated 20.2.2007 and ever since the petitioner had not moved this Court till 17.4.2008 which is almost one year two months after the rejection order of the learned Sessions Judge. It also appears from the impugned - 2 - order of the Sessions Judge that the investigation is still going on and the materials available shows that petitioner Janak Kewat had killed her for some family matter and he in collusion with the accomplices had resorted to burning the dead body surreptitiously to conceal the evidence of the crime. As stated above the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner was rejected as far back on 20.2.2007 and he has not moved this Court for anticipatory bail till 17.4.2008. A person who is apprehensive of his arrest would never have delayed the filing of a petition for anticipatory bail for so long. When a person who is apprehensive of his arrest sleeps and does not move a superior forum for over a year it only goes to show that there is no real apprehension of his arrest. A person who sleeps over his case for such a long period does not deserve anticipatory bail. His prayer for anticipatory bail is accordingly rejected. Sanjay/- (Abhijit Sinha, J.)