IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.32310 of 2009 SHANKAR SAH Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 03. 19.11.2009 Petitioner has been made accused under sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code in Town P S Case No.298 of 2008. The narration in the FIR is that the informant was a tenant in the house of the petitioner and on the date of incident there was some quarrel between the informant and her husband over the fact of sharing chicken with one Mamta Devi. Informant thereafter was locked in a room with the help of this petitioner and other named persons. Later in the morning she found her husband dead and the present case was lodged by her. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that petitioner is the landlord and there is nothing to show his involvement in the murder of the husband of the informant. His submission is that evidence has come during the investigation that name of the petitioner has been dragged in this case because he is the landlord and he used to insist for payment of rent against the informant and her husband. The fact stands corroborated in the supervision made by the Dy.S.P. In view of the above, giving the benefit of doubt to the petitioner at this stage, let the petitioner Shankar Sah be released on bail on furbishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai, in Town P S Case No. 298 of 2008 with a direction that - 2 - both of the sureties will be executed by the close blood relations of the petitioner on due identification by the court below. Petitioner is directed not to intimidate any witness and to cooperate in the trial of the case by appearing on each and every date before the trial court either through himself or through his counsel. rkp (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)