IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.26374 of 2008. BIRENDRA PANDEY, son of Late Devi Pandey, Resident of Village Gabbey, P.S. & District Sheikhpura. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 4. 10.11.2008. Heard. In the first information report it was alleged that the petitioner called the deceased on 25th September, 2003 whereupon the deceased accompanied the petitioner and thereupon the dead body of the deceased was returned to the house of the deceased in a car. It was alleged that the petitioner murdered the deceased in view of failure on the part of the petitioner to pay the electricity bill of Rs. 25,000/- raised on the deceased for running a deep tube well on the land belonging to the petitioner. The case diary does not show that the investigators ever bothered to ascertain from the driver as to from where the dead body of the deceased came into the car which brought the same to the house of the deceased. At the same time, the case diary records that no electric connection for running a deep tube well on the land of the petitioner was taken in the name of the deceased. That being the situation, - 2 - the application for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed. In the event of arrest or surrender of the petitioner within six weeks from today, let the petitioner, Birendra Pandey be released on bail on his furnishing bond in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheikhpura in connection with Sheikhpura P.S. Case No. 231/2003, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. dk ( Barin Ghosh, J. )