IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.4819 of 2010 JANARDAN PRASAD, Son of late Gulam Mahto, R/o Bara Kharjmma, P.S. Noor Sarai, District Nalanda …. Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR …. Opposite Party ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Rajesh Choudhary, Advocate For the State : Mr. Uma Shankar Pd. Singh, A.P.P. ------ 2 05.03.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered under Sections 448, 326, 307, 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the informant died subsequently due to burn injury and the informant has suspected that the three accused persons named in the first information report including the petitioner might have tried to kill him by burning due to land dispute as they had earlier threatened her. However, it is contended that apart from suspicion there is no direct allegation against the petitioner. That apart, two of the similarly situated co-accused persons, namely, Surendra Mahto and Manish Prasad have already been granted bail by the court below itself, whereas petitioner’s bail application has been rejected. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that petitioner is old person aged 2 about 60 years and his defence is that he was working as Operator in T.V.S. Electronics Company and he was at Ranchi at the time of occurrence. Learned counsel for the State submits that the informant had died subsequently, after naming the petitioner and other two accused persons as suspects as all of them had earlier threatened her on account of certain land dispute. However, he also accepts that two out of the three named accused persons have already been granted bail by the court below as per the order contained in Annexure 2 to this application. In the facts and the circumstances of the case, the petitioner, JANARDAN PRASAD, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda in connection with Noor Sarai P.S. Case No.157 of 2009. Spd/- (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)