In the High Court of Judicature at Patna Cr. Misc. No.16130 of 2008 Rajdeo Paswan & Anr. Vrs. The State of Bihar **** /3/ 15.07.2008 Heard the counsel for the petitioners and the State. 2. Petitioners, Rajdeo Paswan and Tikam Singh, are not named in first information report of Barachathi P.S. Case No. 193 of 2000 registered for offences under Sections 396 of the Indian Penal Code and 17 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. Names of these two petitioners have been taken by one Lakhan Yadav in his confessional statement but same Lakhan Yadav has not mentioned petitioners’ name while his statement was recorded under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Counsel for the petitioners submits that till date there is no other evidence against these two petitioners, still they are being chased by the police. It has also been submitted that in the supplementary case diary it has come that Tikam Singh has no criminal antecedent. Regarding petitioner no. 1, Rajdeo Paswan, there is no mentioning regarding his criminal antecedent in the case diary. 3. Considering the facts, the prayer for anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioners, above named, is allowed. They are directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in case of their surrender before the Court concerned within four weeks from 2 today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with the aforementioned case to the satisfaction of the Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, Sherghati, Gaya, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. 4. Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, Sherghati, Gaya, before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioners, will verify about the criminal antecedent and being satisfied regarding their criminal antecedent the petitioners should be allowed privilege of anticipatory bail. Cp:3/S.A. ( Mridula Mishra, J. )