IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.51779 of 2008 1. KAMMO TANTI, S/o late Chakku Tanti 2. SHAMBHU TANTI, S/o late Chakku Tanti 3. RAMDEO TANTI, S/o Chakku Tanti All are resident of village – Sigari, P.S. Mehrwan, District - Godda Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR With Cr.Misc. No.52018 of 2008 1. NARESH TANTI, S/o late Masudan Tanti 2. BABLU TANTI, S/o Naresh Tanti, both resident of village – Sirmatpur, P.S. Pirpainti, District – Bhagalpur 3. PRAKASH TANTI, S/o Sri Gouri Tanti, resident of village – Kamalpur, P.S. – Pirpainti, District - Bhagalpur Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 27.01.2009 Heard Sri Janki Nandan Prasad, Advocate for the petitioners and Sri Dasrath Mehta, APP for the State. As may appear from the reading of the FIR the wife complained about the bad habits of her husband of taking liquor and ill-treating her on being advised not to do it. There is no specific allegation against any of the six petitioners in the two petitions as to how and in which manner they either ill-treated or tortured the lady or they killed her. The ultimate allegation is that the lady was poisoned to death after she had been brought to the house of the husband. The contention is that petitioners Kammo Tanti, Shambhu Tanti and Ramdeo Tanti are the cousins of the - 2 - husband whereas petitioner Naresh Tanti is his father. Petitioner Bablu Tanti is the elder brother of the husband whereas petitioner Prakash Tanti is his Bahnoi. The contention is that in addition to the absence of any allegation, the six petitioners had either nothing to do with the affairs of the husband on account of living away from his house or were simply roped in for ulterior purposes. Let the six petitioners, named above, be released from custody on furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Pirpainti P.S. Case No. 187 of 2008 (G.R. No. 2139 of 2008). DKS/ (Dharnidhar Jha, J.)